Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$3,216.27

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.

$3,216.27

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.

$65.49 with Amerigroup vs $3,216.27 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $65.49 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $65.49 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $65.49 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $65.49 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $65.49 ↓ -98%
United STAR $65.49 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $65.49 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $65.49 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $65.49 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $65.49 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $68.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $70.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $70.73 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $72.04 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $72.04 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $72.04 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $72.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $74.70 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $81.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $102.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $109.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $109.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $128.68 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -95%
Humana COMM $166.44 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalPlus $171.47 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $171.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $191.52 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $191.52 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $191.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $225.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $225.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $225.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $225.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $225.14 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $242.39 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $434.20 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $450.28 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $730.09 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $787.99 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $829.80 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,087.10 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,286.51 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,428.02 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $1,694.97 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,251.39 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,338.23 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,412.20 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,216.27 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,216.27 ↑ +0%

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