Chloride 24 hour urine 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.

$3.45 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $274.36 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 $3.45
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.45
United STAR $4.83
United STARKids $4.83
United STARPLUS $4.83
United STARPerinate $4.83
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.83
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.83
United CHIP $4.83
Amerigroup CHIP $4.83
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.07
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.22
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.22
Molina STARKIDS $5.31
Molina CHIP $5.31
Molina MCDSTAR $5.31
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.31
WellMed MGMCR $5.72
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.75
Devoted Health PPO $5.75
Humana MGMCR $5.75
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.75
United AllPayerAppendix $5.75
Devoted Health SNP $5.75
BCBS MCRPPO $5.75
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.75
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.75
Devoted Health MME $5.75
United SmallGroup $5.75
Devoted Health MCR $5.75
Devoted Health POS $5.75
Devoted Health HMO $5.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.75
United MGMCR $5.78
Aetna MCR $5.80
Care N Care MGMCR $5.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.87
WellCare MGMCR $5.92
Integranet MGMCR $5.92
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.04
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.04
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.04
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.04
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.04
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.04
Humana MGMCD $6.04
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.04
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.04
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.10
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.10
Humana Tricare $6.20
Molina MCR $6.27
Molina MMP $6.27
Molina MME $6.27
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.33
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.39
Aetna QHPHIX $7.31
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.48
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.06
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.06
Aetna NewBusiness $10.07
Superior ValueHMO $10.29
Aetna Meritain $10.73
Aetna COMM $10.73
Aetna OON $12.63
Superior EPO $12.88
Superior HMO $12.88
BCBS BluePremier $13.11
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.20
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.20
BCBS EPOSOA $14.89
Oscar HIX $14.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.07
BCBS PPO $15.58
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $19.21
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $19.21
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.21
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.21
Cigna LocalPlus $21.94
Cigna NewBusiness $21.96
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.51
Cigna HMO $24.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.51
Cigna AllOther $31.01
Cigna IFP $37.04
Cigna QHP $38.41
Humana COMM $55.88
United OptionsPPO $62.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $67.22
Evry Health COMM $70.78
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $92.73
BCBS Traditional $121.82
Aetna ASA $144.59
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $192.05
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $199.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $205.77
Independent Medical Systems COMM $274.36
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $274.36
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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