Boot heel care softcare one sz 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.

$7.58 with Humana vs $34.95 with Molina Healthcare — 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 COMM $7.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.41
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.41
Humana Tricare $12.94
BCBS BluePremier $12.94
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.08
BCBS MCRPPO $13.08
WellMed MGMCR $13.27
Devoted Health MCR $13.34
Devoted Health MME $13.34
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.34
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.34
Humana MGMCR $13.34
Devoted Health PPO $13.34
Devoted Health SNP $13.34
Devoted Health HMO $13.34
Devoted Health POS $13.34
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.34
United MGMCR $13.41
Aetna MCR $13.45
Care N Care MGMCR $13.47
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.61
WellCare MGMCR $13.74
Integranet MGMCR $13.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.01
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.01
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.01
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.14
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.14
Molina MME $14.54
Molina MMP $14.54
Molina MCR $14.54
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.67
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.67
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.67
BCBS EPOSOA $15.44
BCBS PPO $16.09
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.34
Superior ValueHMO $23.88
Superior EPO $29.88
Superior HMO $29.88
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.95

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Boot heel care softcare one sz at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $2.85 – $2.85
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $10.32 – $28.68
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $10.32 – $28.68
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $12.50 – $12.50
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $10.32 – $28.68
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $10.32 – $28.68
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $10.32 – $28.68
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $10.32 – $28.68

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