Chest 2 vws w oblique 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.

$45.78 with United vs $2,122.79 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
United STAR $45.78
United STARKids $45.78
United STARPLUS $45.78
United STARPerinate $45.78
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $45.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $45.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $45.78
United CHIP $45.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $45.78
Amerigroup CHIP $45.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $48.07
Aetna Better Health CHIP $49.44
Aetna Better Health MCD $49.44
Molina CHIP $50.36
Molina STARKIDS $50.36
Molina MCDSTAR $50.36
Molina STAR+PLUS $50.36
Aetna QHPHIX $52.71
Humana MGMCD $57.23
Aetna NewBusiness $72.27
Aetna COMM $77.42
Aetna Meritain $77.42
Aetna OON $90.80
Humana COMM $102.37
Cigna LocalPlus $122.42
Cigna NewBusiness $122.54
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Cigna NetworkBenefit $136.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.73
Cigna HMO $136.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $148.60
Superior Health Plan CHIP $148.60
Superior Health Plan STARKids $148.60
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $148.60
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $148.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna AllOther $173.05
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $286.58
Cigna QHP $297.19
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
United OptionsPPO $481.87
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $520.08
Evry Health COMM $547.68
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $717.50
Curative Administrators COMM $849.12
BCBS Traditional $942.52
Aetna ASA $1,118.71
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,485.95
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,543.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,592.09
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,122.79
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,122.79

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $393.55 $45.78 – $491.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $377.06 $77.61 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $334.02 $45.78 – $417.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $393.55 $45.78 – $491.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $377.06 $48.98 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $377.06 $45.78 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $334.02 $45.78 – $501.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $393.55 $45.78 – $491.94

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