Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$105.38

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.

$105.38

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.

$7.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $140.76 with BCBS — 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 STARPLUS $7.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $7.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $7.38 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $14.23 ↓ -86%
Cigna IFP $14.23 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $14.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $14.75 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $20.97 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $21.92 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $22.45 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $22.45 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $23.92 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $25.82 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $26.45 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $27.19 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $27.82 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $27.82 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $31.09 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $31.09 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $31.09 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $35.62 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $39.31 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $42.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $46.79 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $55.54 ↓ -47%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $72.35 ↓ -31%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $72.35 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $73.77 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $76.61 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $79.03 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $105.38 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $105.38 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $128.13 ↑ +22%
BCBS BlueEssentials $128.13 ↑ +22%
BCBS EPOSOA $134.44 ↑ +28%
BCBS PPO $140.76 ↑ +34%

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Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $32.40 $101.29 – $101.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $69.32 $19.64 – $86.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $77.39 $15.93 – $116.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $71.76 $14.35 – $89.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $69.32 $18.48 – $86.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $77.39 $24.84 – $116.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $77.39 $39.99 – $116.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $71.76 $23.92 – $107.64

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