Cath segmntl pulm art 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.

$176.05 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,717.72 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 CHIP $176.05
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $176.05
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $176.05
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $176.05
Superior Health Plan STARKids $176.05
Cigna IFP $339.53
Cigna QHP $352.10
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $477.86
United OptionsPPO $570.91
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $621.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $621.21
Cigna NewBusiness $730.36
Cigna LocalPlus $730.36
BCBS BluePremier $734.39
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $802.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $802.29
Cigna HMO $816.13
Cigna NetworkBenefit $816.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $816.13
BCBS EPOSOA $842.54
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $850.08
BCBS PPO $880.26
Cigna AllOther $1,031.92
BCBS Traditional $1,116.67
Aetna ASA $1,325.42
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,760.52
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,828.43
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,886.27
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,515.03
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,515.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,593.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Humana COMM $4,717.72
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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