Parathyroid planar imaging at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$1,496.23
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.
$1,496.23
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.
$104.74 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,496.23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $104.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $104.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $104.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $104.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $104.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $201.99 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $209.47 | ↓ -86% |
| United | CHIP | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| United | STARPLUS | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| United | STARKids | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| United | STAR | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| United | STARPerinate | $273.65 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $287.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $295.54 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $295.54 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $301.01 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | CHIP | $301.01 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $301.01 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $301.01 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $321.65 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $339.64 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $342.06 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $354.08 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $354.08 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $366.58 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $386.03 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $404.15 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | COMM | $463.68 | ↓ -69% |
| United | SmallGroup | $471.74 | ↓ -68% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $471.74 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $505.73 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $554.12 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | COMM | $593.59 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $593.59 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $598.49 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $664.33 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | OON | $696.21 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | ASA | $788.51 | ↓ -47% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,047.36 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,051.43 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,051.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,087.76 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,102.78 | ↓ -26% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,122.17 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,154.14 | ↓ -23% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,496.23 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,496.23 | ↑ +0% |
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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,522.84 | $265.30 – $1,903.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,435.33 | $295.44 – $2,153.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,356.79 | $265.30 – $1,695.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,522.84 | $265.30 – $1,903.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,435.33 | $283.87 – $2,153.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,435.33 | $265.30 – $2,153.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,356.79 | $265.30 – $2,035.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,522.84 | $265.30 – $1,903.55 |