Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$3,579.80
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.
$3,579.80
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.
$223.75 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $4,850.00 with Aetna — 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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| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $223.75 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARPLUS | $223.75 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARKids | $223.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $223.75 | ↓ -94% |
| United | CHIP | $223.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $223.75 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STAR | $223.75 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARPerinate | $223.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $234.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $234.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $234.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $246.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $246.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | CHIP | $246.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $246.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $250.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $250.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $250.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $250.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $250.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $268.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $268.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $279.69 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | IFP | $483.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $501.17 | ↓ -86% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $634.36 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $791.14 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,209.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,266.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,346.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,482.04 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,500.61 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,500.61 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,572.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,574.00 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,610.91 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,696.07 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,696.07 | ↓ -53% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,734.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,757.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,757.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,757.00 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,784.34 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,807.80 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,866.31 | ↓ -48% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,051.23 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,222.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,300.00 | ↓ -36% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,486.00 | ↓ -31% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,684.85 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,684.85 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,042.83 | ↓ -15% |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,293.00 | ↓ -8% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,579.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,579.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,838.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $4,100.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | COMM | $4,100.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,850.00 | ↑ +35% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,538.00 | $223.75 – $2,307.00 |
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