Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
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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.
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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.
$3.25 with Superior Health Plan vs $69.53 with Cigna — 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $3.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $3.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.25 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $6.27 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $6.27 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $6.44 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $6.50 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $6.64 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $9.24 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $9.89 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $9.89 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $10.54 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $11.17 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $11.17 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $11.17 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $11.66 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $15.70 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $20.62 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $24.48 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $28.64 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $28.64 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $33.77 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $34.84 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $41.91 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $41.91 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $43.99 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $46.07 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $46.45 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $46.45 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $49.19 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $49.24 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $54.96 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $54.96 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $54.96 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $57.10 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $69.53 | — |
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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper)|discarded drug not administered at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $57.47 | $31.96 – $31.96 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $57.96 | $28.23 – $31.04 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $19.69 | $6.64 – $19.67 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $22.12 | $12.03 – $54.64 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $10.59 | $6.11 – $39.23 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $22.12 | $12.03 – $54.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $22.12 | $12.03 – $54.64 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $22.12 | $12.03 – $54.64 |