Tc-99m sulfur colloid at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$1,751.51
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.
$1,751.51
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.
$122.61 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,332.22 with Cigna — 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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| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $122.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $122.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $122.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $122.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $122.61 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $183.75 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $183.75 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $236.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $245.21 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $268.96 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $268.96 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $282.28 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | PPO | $295.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $332.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | HMO | $350.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $350.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $350.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $364.31 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $387.08 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $429.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $437.88 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $451.89 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $592.01 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $700.60 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $725.13 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $788.18 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $884.51 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,003.62 | ↓ -43% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,239.81 | ↓ -29% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,239.81 | ↓ -29% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,239.81 | ↓ -29% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,313.63 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,313.63 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,488.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,650.17 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,651.80 | ↓ -6% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,751.51 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,751.51 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,843.52 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,843.52 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,843.52 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,332.22 | ↑ +33% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $205.55 | $65.98 – $308.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $205.55 | $106.20 – $308.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $205.55 | $68.52 – $308.33 |
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