Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$403.14
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.
$403.14
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.
$10.47 with Cigna vs $403.14 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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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| Cigna | LocalPlus | $10.47 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $10.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $11.69 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $11.69 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | HMO | $11.69 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $13.56 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $13.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $14.79 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $18.18 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $18.18 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $18.18 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $19.85 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $19.85 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $20.83 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | PPO | $21.81 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $28.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $28.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $28.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $28.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $28.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $54.42 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $56.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $76.60 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $80.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $80.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $80.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $83.85 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $89.09 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $98.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $100.78 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $104.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $136.26 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $161.26 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $166.90 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $181.41 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $203.59 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $231.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $302.36 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $302.36 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $342.67 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $403.14 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $403.14 | ↑ +0% |
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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $191.98 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $235.55 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $244.54 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $8.82 | $4.28 – $18.75 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $9.10 | $3.54 – $26.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $58.98 | $5.42 – $303.30 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $11.25 | $8.41 – $73.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $165.94 | $4.19 – $38.28 |