Boot j walker l 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.

$16.45 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,106.68 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.45
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $16.45
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.45
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.45
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.45
Cigna IFP $31.73
Cigna QHP $32.90
United OptionsPPO $53.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $58.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.05
Cigna LocalPlus $62.04
Cigna NewBusiness $62.04
Cigna NetworkBenefit $69.33
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $69.33
Cigna HMO $69.33
BCBS BlueEssentials $74.97
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $74.97
BCBS EPOSOA $78.72
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $79.43
BCBS PPO $82.25
Cigna AllOther $87.66
BCBS Traditional $104.34
Aetna ASA $123.84
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $170.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $176.25
Humana Tricare $190.00
BCBS MCRPPO $192.04
BCBS MGMCRHMO $192.04
WellMed MGMCR $194.90
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $195.88
Devoted Health SNP $195.88
Devoted Health HMO $195.88
Devoted Health POS $195.88
Devoted Health MCR $195.88
Devoted Health MME $195.88
Humana MGMCR $195.88
Amerigroup DualEligible $195.88
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $195.88
Devoted Health PPO $195.88
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $195.88
United MGMCR $196.86
Aetna MCR $197.54
Care N Care MGMCR $197.84
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $199.80
Integranet MGMCR $201.76
WellCare MGMCR $201.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $205.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $205.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $205.67
ProCare Advantge MCR $205.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $205.67
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $205.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $205.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $205.67
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $207.63
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $207.63
Molina MME $213.51
Molina MCR $213.51
Molina MMP $213.51
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $215.47
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $235.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $235.00
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $254.64
Superior ValueHMO $350.63
Superior HMO $438.77
Superior EPO $438.77
Molina Healthcare HIX $513.21
Humana COMM $1,106.68

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