Carbohydrate urine - sendout 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

$286.36

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.

$286.36

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.

$3.30 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $286.36 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 $3.30 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.30 ↓ -99%
United STAR $4.62 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $4.62 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $4.62 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $4.62 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.62 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $4.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.62 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.99 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.08 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $5.47 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $5.50 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $5.50 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.50 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $5.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.50 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $5.50 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $5.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $5.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $5.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $5.50 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.50 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $5.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $5.55 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.55 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.61 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $5.67 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $5.67 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.78 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.78 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $5.93 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $6.00 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $6.00 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $6.00 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.05 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.00 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.63 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.64 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $9.85 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $10.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $10.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $12.08 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $12.32 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $12.32 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $12.54 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $13.59 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $13.59 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $14.24 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $14.30 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $14.90 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.05 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $20.66 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $20.68 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $23.07 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $23.07 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.07 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $29.20 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $38.66 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $40.09 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $61.10 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $65.00 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $70.16 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $73.88 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $96.79 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $127.14 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $150.91 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $200.45 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $208.18 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $214.77 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $286.36 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $286.36 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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