Apheresis wbc 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

$7,772.91

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.

$7,772.91

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.

$544.10 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,772.91 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $544.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $544.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $544.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $544.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $544.10 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $564.62 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $564.62 ↓ -93%
United STAR $564.62 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $564.62 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $564.62 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $564.62 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $564.62 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $564.62 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $592.85 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $592.85 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup CHIP $592.85 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $621.08 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $621.08 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $621.08 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $621.08 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $677.54 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MCD $677.54 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCD $705.77 ↓ -91%
Humana COMM $780.47 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $1,049.34 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,088.21 ↓ -86%
WellMed MGMCR $1,574.94 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $1,616.77 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $1,764.45 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,904.36 ↓ -76%
BCBS BluePremier $1,906.01 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,919.91 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,919.91 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $2,005.41 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $2,052.05 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $2,052.05 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $2,293.01 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,293.01 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,293.01 ↓ -70%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,307.00 ↓ -70%
United SmallGroup $2,459.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,479.56 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,479.56 ↓ -68%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,603.92 ↓ -67%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,627.24 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $2,720.52 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $2,899.30 ↓ -63%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $3,451.17 ↓ -56%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,502.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASA $4,096.32 ↓ -47%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↓ -44%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,441.04 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,650.91 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,829.68 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,772.91 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,772.91 ↑ +0%

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