Acetone qualitative 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

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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.

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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.

$2.71 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $274.36 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.71
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.71
United STAR $3.80
United STARKids $3.80
United STARPLUS $3.80
United STARPerinate $3.80
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.80
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.80
United CHIP $3.80
Amerigroup CHIP $3.80
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.10
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.10
Molina STARKIDS $4.18
Molina CHIP $4.18
Molina MCDSTAR $4.18
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.18
WellMed MGMCR $4.50
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.52
Devoted Health PPO $4.52
Humana MGMCR $4.52
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.52
United AllPayerAppendix $4.52
Devoted Health SNP $4.52
BCBS MCRPPO $4.52
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.52
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.52
Devoted Health MME $4.52
United SmallGroup $4.52
Devoted Health MCR $4.52
Devoted Health POS $4.52
Devoted Health HMO $4.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.52
United MGMCR $4.54
Aetna MCR $4.56
Care N Care MGMCR $4.57
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.61
WellCare MGMCR $4.66
Integranet MGMCR $4.66
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.75
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.75
Humana MGMCD $4.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.75
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.79
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.79
Humana Tricare $4.87
Molina MCR $4.93
Molina MMP $4.93
Molina MME $4.93
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.02
Aetna QHPHIX $5.75
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.88
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7.91
Aetna NewBusiness $7.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.91
Superior ValueHMO $8.09
Aetna Meritain $8.43
Aetna COMM $8.43
Aetna OON $9.92
Superior HMO $10.12
Superior EPO $10.12
BCBS BluePremier $10.31
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.16
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.16
BCBS EPOSOA $11.71
Oscar HIX $11.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.84
BCBS PPO $12.25
Cigna LocalPlus $16.81
Cigna NewBusiness $16.82
Cigna NetworkBenefit $18.77
Cigna HMO $18.77
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.77
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $19.21
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.21
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.21
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $19.21
Cigna AllOther $23.76
Cigna IFP $37.04
Cigna QHP $38.41
Humana COMM $50.21
United OptionsPPO $62.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $67.22
Evry Health COMM $70.78
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $92.73
BCBS Traditional $121.82
Aetna ASA $144.59
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $192.05
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $199.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $205.77
Independent Medical Systems COMM $274.36
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $274.36
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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