Ak open end sach 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.

$4,569.21 with Humana vs $26,612.55 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
Humana Tricare $4,569.21
BCBS MCRPPO $4,618.17
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4,618.17
WellMed MGMCR $4,686.98
Devoted Health MCR $4,710.53
Devoted Health MME $4,710.53
Humana MGMCR $4,710.53
Devoted Health PPO $4,710.53
Devoted Health SNP $4,710.53
Devoted Health HMO $4,710.53
Devoted Health POS $4,710.53
Amerigroup DualEligible $4,710.53
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4,710.53
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4,710.53
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4,710.53
United MGMCR $4,734.08
Aetna MCR $4,750.57
Care N Care MGMCR $4,757.64
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4,804.74
WellCare MGMCR $4,851.85
Integranet MGMCR $4,851.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4,946.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4,946.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4,946.06
ProCare Advantge MCR $4,946.06
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4,946.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4,946.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4,946.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4,946.06
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4,993.16
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4,993.16
Molina MMP $5,134.48
Molina MME $5,134.48
Molina MCR $5,134.48
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5,181.58
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6,123.69
Superior ValueHMO $8,431.85
Superior EPO $10,551.59
Superior HMO $10,551.59
Molina Healthcare HIX $12,341.59
Humana COMM $26,612.55

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HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $4,616.32 – $10,127.64
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4,616.32 – $10,127.64
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HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $4,616.32 – $10,127.64
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $4,616.32 – $10,127.64
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $4,616.32 – $10,127.64
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $4,616.32 – $10,127.64
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4,616.32 – $10,127.64

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