Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$6,153.48
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.
$6,153.48
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.
$308.08 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $6,153.48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARPLUS | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARPerinate | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARKids | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STAR | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| United | CHIP | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $308.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $323.48 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $332.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $332.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $338.89 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | CHIP | $338.89 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $338.89 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $338.89 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $385.10 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $422.14 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $422.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $430.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $430.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $430.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $430.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $430.74 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $471.74 | ↓ -92% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $471.74 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $638.25 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $681.76 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMM | $681.76 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | OON | $806.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $830.72 | ↓ -86% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $861.49 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,257.17 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,257.17 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,318.80 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,359.92 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,380.42 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,507.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,587.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,079.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,461.39 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,547.54 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,769.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,107.51 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $3,525.94 | ↓ -43% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,615.11 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $4,615.11 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $5,230.46 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,153.48 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,153.48 | ↑ +0% |
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Stomach Emptying Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,861.14 | $296.71 – $2,326.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,719.11 | $353.85 – $2,578.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,402.87 | $296.71 – $1,753.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,861.14 | $296.71 – $2,326.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,719.11 | $317.48 – $2,578.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,719.11 | $296.71 – $2,578.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,402.87 | $296.71 – $2,104.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,861.14 | $296.71 – $2,326.43 |