X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$2,071.99
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.
$2,071.99
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.
$62.81 with Amerigroup vs $2,071.99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $62.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $65.95 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $67.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $67.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $69.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $69.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $69.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $69.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $78.51 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $110.46 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMM | $117.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $117.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OON | $139.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $145.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $145.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $145.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $145.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $145.04 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $153.55 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $153.55 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $185.67 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $185.85 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | HMO | $207.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $207.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $207.38 | ↓ -90% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $262.46 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $279.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $290.08 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $457.29 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $457.29 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $457.91 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $479.70 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $502.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $507.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $534.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $700.33 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $828.80 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $857.80 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $932.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,046.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,187.25 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,553.99 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,553.99 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,761.19 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,071.99 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,071.99 | ↑ +0% |
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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,087.95 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $477.64 | $62.81 – $597.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $538.91 | $110.93 – $808.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $643.60 | $62.81 – $804.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $477.64 | $62.81 – $597.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $538.91 | $67.21 – $808.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $538.91 | $62.81 – $808.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $643.60 | $62.81 – $965.40 |