Minoxidil, 10 mg at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$33.70
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$33.70
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1.28 with BCBS vs $33.70 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1.28 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1.28 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1.87 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1.87 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1.96 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $2.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.36 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2.84 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2.85 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3.18 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.18 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $3.18 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $4.02 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $4.55 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $4.55 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $4.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | COMM | $4.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $6.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $6.74 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $6.74 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $6.74 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $7.18 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $7.18 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $7.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $8.43 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $8.46 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $11.39 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $14.96 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $24.50 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $25.27 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $33.70 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $33.70 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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Minoxidil, 10 mg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $32.66 | $0.73 – $6.62 |
| MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL | Argyle | $21.97 | $1.28 – $4.86 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $46.92 | $1.03 – $4.86 |
| MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL | LEWISVILLE | $10.21 | $1.28 – $4.86 |
| MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL | RED OAK | $9.47 | $1.28 – $4.86 |
| MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL | Frisco | $10.28 | $1.22 – $4.86 |
| MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL | Irving | $3.03 | $1.28 – $4.86 |
| MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL | North Richland Hills | $34.95 | $1.28 – $4.86 |