Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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.
$27.15 with BCBS vs $3,244.27 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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $27.15 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $27.15 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $59.66 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $63.73 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $63.73 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $75.43 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $80.87 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $80.87 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $84.83 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $88.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $227.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $227.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $227.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $227.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $227.10 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $437.98 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $454.20 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $616.41 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $648.85 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $648.85 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $648.85 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $716.98 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $794.85 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $811.07 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $837.02 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,096.56 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,297.71 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,343.13 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,459.92 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,638.36 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,858.97 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,433.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,433.20 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,757.63 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,244.27 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,244.27 | — |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,631.77 | $76.31 – $76.31 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $631.95 | $39.64 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $621.95 | $66.60 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $605.63 | $66.60 – $757.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $631.95 | $45.39 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $621.95 | $81.06 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $621.95 | $321.34 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $605.63 | $66.60 – $908.45 |