Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$249.17
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.
$249.17
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.
$1.32 with Humana vs $249.17 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 |
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| Humana | Tricare | $1.32 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1.36 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.24 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.24 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.24 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $8.35 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $8.36 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $9.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | HMO | $9.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $9.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $11.80 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $17.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $17.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $17.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $17.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $17.44 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $25.70 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $25.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $33.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $34.88 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $37.62 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $37.62 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $39.48 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | PPO | $41.35 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | EPO | $49.83 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $49.83 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $49.83 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $55.07 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $62.29 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $84.22 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $103.16 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $112.13 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $125.83 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $142.77 | ↓ -43% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $186.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $186.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $211.79 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $249.17 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $249.17 | ↑ +0% |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $30.00 | $1.49 – $42.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $30.00 | $1.49 – $37.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $30.00 | $1.49 – $42.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $30.00 | $1.49 – $42.50 |