Calcium ionized 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.

$8.21 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $426.97 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 $8.21
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $8.21
United STAR $11.49
United STARKids $11.49
United STARPLUS $11.49
United STARPerinate $11.49
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $11.49
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.49
United CHIP $11.49
Amerigroup CHIP $11.49
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.06
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.41
Aetna Better Health CHIP $12.41
Molina STARKIDS $12.64
Molina CHIP $12.64
Molina MCDSTAR $12.64
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.64
WellMed MGMCR $13.61
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.68
Devoted Health PPO $13.68
Humana MGMCR $13.68
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.68
United AllPayerAppendix $13.68
Devoted Health SNP $13.68
BCBS MCRPPO $13.68
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.68
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.68
Devoted Health MME $13.68
United SmallGroup $13.68
Devoted Health MCR $13.68
Devoted Health POS $13.68
Devoted Health HMO $13.68
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.68
United MGMCR $13.75
Aetna MCR $13.80
Care N Care MGMCR $13.82
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.95
WellCare MGMCR $14.09
Integranet MGMCR $14.09
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.36
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.36
Humana MGMCD $14.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.36
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.50
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.50
Humana Tricare $14.74
Molina MCR $14.91
Molina MMP $14.91
Molina MME $14.91
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.20
Aetna QHPHIX $17.41
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.78
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $23.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.94
Aetna NewBusiness $23.97
Superior ValueHMO $24.49
Aetna Meritain $25.53
Aetna COMM $25.53
Superior Health Plan STARKids $29.89
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $29.89
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $29.89
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $29.89
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.89
Aetna OON $30.05
Superior HMO $30.64
Superior EPO $30.64
BCBS BluePremier $31.19
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $33.79
BCBS BlueEssentials $33.79
BCBS EPOSOA $35.43
Oscar HIX $35.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.84
BCBS PPO $37.07
Cigna LocalPlus $51.66
Cigna NewBusiness $51.71
Cigna IFP $57.64
Cigna NetworkBenefit $57.70
Cigna HMO $57.70
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.70
Cigna QHP $59.78
Cigna AllOther $73.03
United OptionsPPO $96.92
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $104.61
Evry Health COMM $110.16
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $144.32
Humana COMM $151.89
BCBS Traditional $189.57
Aetna ASA $225.01
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $298.88
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $310.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $320.23
Independent Medical Systems COMM $426.97
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $426.97
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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