X-ray small intestine follow-through study at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$3,686.80
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.
$3,686.80
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.
$65.66 with BCBS vs $3,686.80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $65.66 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $65.66 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $82.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $86.66 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $89.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $89.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $90.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $90.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $90.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $90.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $103.16 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $119.75 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $127.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $127.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OON | $151.39 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $195.55 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $195.55 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $205.14 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $214.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $258.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $258.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $258.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $258.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $258.08 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $497.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $516.15 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $700.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | EPO | $737.36 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $737.36 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $737.36 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $814.78 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $903.27 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $921.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $951.19 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $973.32 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $973.32 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,087.61 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,087.61 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,087.61 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,246.14 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,375.18 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,474.72 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,526.34 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,659.06 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,861.83 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,112.54 | ↓ -43% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,765.10 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,765.10 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,133.78 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,686.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,686.80 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,224.58 | $82.53 – $1,836.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,235.93 | $82.53 – $1,853.89 |
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