1 pc ost pou w built-in conv at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL

727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$31.00

Cash price

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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.

$31.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2.17 with Superior Health Plan vs $77.33 with Humana — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.17 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $4.18 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $4.34 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $7.04 ↓ -77%
Cigna NewBusiness $8.18 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $8.18 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $9.14 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9.14 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $9.14 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $10.48 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $11.56 ↓ -63%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.72 ↓ -62%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.72 ↓ -62%
Humana Tricare $13.27 ↓ -57%
BCBS BluePremier $13.28 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.41 ↓ -57%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.41 ↓ -57%
WellMed MGMCR $13.61 ↓ -56%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.68 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health SNP $13.68 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health HMO $13.68 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health POS $13.68 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health MCR $13.68 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health MME $13.68 ↓ -56%
Humana MGMCR $13.68 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.68 ↓ -56%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.68 ↓ -56%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.68 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health PPO $13.68 ↓ -56%
United MGMCR $13.75 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $13.76 ↓ -56%
Aetna MCR $13.80 ↓ -55%
Care N Care MGMCR $13.82 ↓ -55%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.95 ↓ -55%
WellCare MGMCR $14.09 ↓ -55%
Integranet MGMCR $14.09 ↓ -55%
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.36 ↓ -54%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.36 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.36 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.36 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.36 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.36 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.36 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.36 ↓ -54%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.50 ↓ -53%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.50 ↓ -53%
Molina MME $14.91 ↓ -52%
Molina MCR $14.91 ↓ -52%
Molina MMP $14.91 ↓ -52%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.05 ↓ -51%
BCBS BlueEssentials $15.07 ↓ -51%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $15.07 ↓ -51%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.85 ↓ -49%
Aetna ASA $16.34 ↓ -47%
BCBS PPO $16.52 ↓ -47%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.78 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $22.54 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $23.25 ↓ -25%
Superior ValueHMO $24.49 ↓ -21%
Superior HMO $30.64 ↓ -1%
Superior EPO $30.64 ↓ -1%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $31.00 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $31.00 ↑ +0%
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.84 ↑ +16%
Humana COMM $77.33 ↑ +149%

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