X-ray sternum > 2 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.
$33.75 with Amerigroup vs $931.72 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 | $33.75 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $33.75 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $33.75 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $33.75 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $33.75 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $33.75 | — |
| United | STARKids | $33.75 | — |
| United | STAR | $33.75 | — |
| United | CHIP | $33.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $33.75 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $35.44 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $36.45 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $36.45 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $37.13 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $37.13 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $37.13 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $37.13 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $42.19 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $56.21 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $60.05 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $60.05 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $65.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $65.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $65.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $65.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $65.22 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $71.07 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $94.02 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $94.11 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $105.01 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $105.01 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $105.01 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $109.34 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $109.34 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $125.78 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $130.44 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $132.90 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $205.91 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $228.27 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $240.38 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $314.92 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $325.62 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $325.62 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $341.59 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $357.55 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $372.69 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $385.73 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $419.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $470.52 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $533.88 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $698.79 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $698.79 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $791.96 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $931.72 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $931.72 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray sternum > 2 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $513.31 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $218.24 | $33.75 – $272.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $264.39 | $54.42 – $396.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $331.66 | $33.75 – $414.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $218.24 | $33.75 – $272.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $264.39 | $36.11 – $396.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $264.39 | $33.75 – $396.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $331.66 | $33.75 – $497.49 |