X-ray of mammary ducts at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$2,088.04
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.
$2,088.04
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.
$69.50 with Amerigroup vs $2,088.04 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 | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $69.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $72.98 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $75.06 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $75.06 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $76.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | CHIP | $76.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $76.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $76.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $86.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $109.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMM | $117.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $117.16 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OON | $138.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $146.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $146.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $146.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $146.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $146.16 | ↓ -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% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $262.46 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $281.89 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $292.33 | ↓ -86% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $313.62 | ↓ -85% |
| United | SmallGroup | $313.62 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $319.26 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $319.26 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $461.46 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $511.57 | ↓ -75% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $538.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $705.76 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $835.22 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $864.45 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $939.62 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $950.80 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $950.80 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $997.41 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,044.02 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,054.46 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,196.45 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,566.03 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,566.03 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,774.83 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,088.04 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,088.04 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $437.00 | $89.95 – $655.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $437.00 | $69.50 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $437.00 | $74.36 – $655.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $437.00 | $69.50 – $655.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $437.00 | $69.50 – $655.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $437.00 | $69.50 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $437.00 | $69.50 – $655.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $437.00 | $69.50 – $783.01 |