Administration vaccine pneumococcal 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

$140.39

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.

$140.39

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.

$9.83 with Superior Health Plan vs $256.43 with BCBS — 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 STARPLUS $9.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $9.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $9.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.83 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $18.95 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $18.95 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $19.65 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $27.94 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $29.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $29.90 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $29.90 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $31.87 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.40 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $35.24 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $36.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $37.06 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $37.06 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $41.42 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $41.42 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.42 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $47.45 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $52.37 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $56.16 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $62.33 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $73.99 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $98.27 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $102.06 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $105.29 ↓ -25%
BCBS BluePremier $113.11 ↓ -19%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $131.81 ↓ -6%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $131.81 ↓ -6%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $140.39 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $140.39 ↑ +0%
Humana COMM $142.43 ↑ +1%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $233.42 ↑ +66%
BCBS BlueEssentials $233.42 ↑ +66%
BCBS EPOSOA $244.92 ↑ +74%
BCBS PPO $256.43 ↑ +83%

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