Alt/sgpt 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.

$3.18 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $435.54 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 $3.18
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.18
United STAR $4.45
United STARKids $4.45
United STARPLUS $4.45
United STARPerinate $4.45
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.45
United CHIP $4.45
Amerigroup CHIP $4.45
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.67
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.81
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.81
Molina STARKIDS $4.90
Molina CHIP $4.90
Molina MCDSTAR $4.90
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.90
WellMed MGMCR $5.27
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.30
Devoted Health PPO $5.30
Humana MGMCR $5.30
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.30
United AllPayerAppendix $5.30
Devoted Health SNP $5.30
BCBS MCRPPO $5.30
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.30
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.30
Devoted Health MME $5.30
United SmallGroup $5.30
Devoted Health MCR $5.30
Devoted Health POS $5.30
Devoted Health HMO $5.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.30
United MGMCR $5.33
Aetna MCR $5.35
Care N Care MGMCR $5.35
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.41
WellCare MGMCR $5.46
Integranet MGMCR $5.46
Humana MGMCD $5.56
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.57
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.57
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.62
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.62
Humana Tricare $5.71
Molina MMP $5.78
Molina MME $5.78
Molina MCR $5.78
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.89
Aetna QHPHIX $6.74
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.89
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.28
Aetna NewBusiness $9.29
Superior ValueHMO $9.49
Aetna Meritain $9.89
Aetna COMM $9.89
Aetna OON $11.64
Superior HMO $11.87
Superior EPO $11.87
BCBS BluePremier $12.08
BCBS BlueEssentials $13.09
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $13.09
BCBS EPOSOA $13.73
Oscar HIX $13.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.89
BCBS PPO $14.36
Cigna LocalPlus $20.66
Cigna NewBusiness $20.68
Cigna NetworkBenefit $23.07
Cigna HMO $23.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.07
Cigna AllOther $29.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $30.49
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.49
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $30.49
Cigna IFP $58.80
Humana COMM $58.85
Cigna QHP $60.98
United OptionsPPO $98.87
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $106.71
Evry Health COMM $112.37
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $147.21
BCBS Traditional $193.38
Aetna ASA $229.53
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $304.88
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $316.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $326.65
Independent Medical Systems COMM $435.54
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $435.54
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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