X-ray cervical spine 4-5 views 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.
$53.80 with Amerigroup vs $1,891.54 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 |
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| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $53.80 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $53.80 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $53.80 | — |
| United | CHIP | $53.80 | — |
| United | STARKids | $53.80 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $53.80 | — |
| United | STAR | $53.80 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $53.80 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $53.80 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $53.80 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $56.49 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $58.10 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $58.10 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $59.18 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $59.18 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $59.18 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $59.18 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $67.25 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $92.61 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $98.93 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $98.93 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $117.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $132.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $132.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $132.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $132.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $132.41 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $153.55 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $153.55 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $155.99 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $156.14 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $174.23 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $174.23 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $174.23 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $220.51 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $255.36 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $264.82 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $418.03 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $457.29 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $463.43 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $479.70 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $488.02 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $502.12 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $639.34 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $756.62 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $783.10 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $851.19 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $955.23 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,083.85 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,418.65 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,418.65 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,607.81 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,891.54 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,891.54 | — |
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X-ray cervical spine 4-5 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $942.59 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $453.04 | $53.80 – $566.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $499.47 | $102.81 – $749.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $606.65 | $53.80 – $758.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $453.04 | $53.80 – $566.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $499.47 | $57.57 – $749.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $499.47 | $53.80 – $749.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $606.65 | $53.80 – $909.98 |