Platelets pheresis pathogen-reduced each unit at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$5,961.87
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.
$5,961.87
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.
$417.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,961.87 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 | STARKids | $417.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $417.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $417.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $417.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $417.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $804.85 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $834.66 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,071.02 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,071.02 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,240.07 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,353.34 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1,395.38 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,460.66 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,511.66 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,511.66 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,538.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,573.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,573.93 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,585.11 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,658.55 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,758.75 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,758.75 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,758.75 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $1,773.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,847.58 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,015.11 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,223.78 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,384.75 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $2,442.49 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $2,601.42 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | COMM | $2,601.42 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,647.07 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | OON | $3,061.48 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,141.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $4,173.31 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $4,334.28 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,471.40 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,961.87 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $5,961.87 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $822.60 | $233.07 – $1,433.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $822.60 | $169.32 – $1,433.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $822.60 | $219.36 – $1,433.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $822.60 | $264.05 – $1,433.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $822.60 | $425.01 – $1,433.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $822.60 | $219.36 – $1,433.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $822.60 | $205.65 – $1,433.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $822.60 | $164.52 – $1,433.33 |