Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
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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.
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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.
$31.64 with Superior Health Plan vs $451.97 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 | $31.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $31.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $31.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $31.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $31.64 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $61.02 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $63.28 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $82.07 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $84.19 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $84.61 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $84.61 | — |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $84.61 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $84.61 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $84.61 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $84.61 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $84.61 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $84.61 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $84.61 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $84.61 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $84.61 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $84.61 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $84.61 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $85.33 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $85.46 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $86.30 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $86.30 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $87.15 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $87.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $88.84 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $88.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $88.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $88.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $88.84 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $88.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $88.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $88.84 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $89.69 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $89.69 | — |
| Molina | MME | $92.22 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $92.22 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $92.22 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $93.07 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $94.01 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $99.89 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $109.99 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $151.45 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $152.77 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $187.12 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $189.53 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $189.53 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $203.39 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $204.16 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $204.16 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $221.68 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $228.24 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $258.98 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $338.98 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $338.98 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $361.55 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $361.55 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $379.37 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $384.17 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $397.18 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $451.97 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $451.97 | — |
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Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $439.28 | $285.82 – $285.82 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $340.13 | $96.37 – $481.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $420.71 | $86.60 – $631.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $400.18 | $80.04 – $500.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $340.13 | $90.70 – $481.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $420.71 | $112.00 – $631.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $420.71 | $155.00 – $631.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $400.18 | $112.00 – $600.26 |