Creatine kinase 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.

$3.91 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $397.81 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 $3.91
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.91
United STAR $5.47
United STARKids $5.47
United STARPLUS $5.47
United STARPerinate $5.47
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.47
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.47
United CHIP $5.47
Amerigroup CHIP $5.47
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.91
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.91
Molina STARKIDS $6.02
Molina CHIP $6.02
Molina MCDSTAR $6.02
Molina STAR+PLUS $6.02
WellMed MGMCR $6.48
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.51
Devoted Health PPO $6.51
Humana MGMCR $6.51
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $6.51
United AllPayerAppendix $6.51
Devoted Health SNP $6.51
BCBS MCRPPO $6.51
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.51
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $6.51
Devoted Health MME $6.51
United SmallGroup $6.51
Devoted Health MCR $6.51
Devoted Health POS $6.51
Devoted Health HMO $6.51
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.51
United MGMCR $6.54
Aetna MCR $6.57
Care N Care MGMCR $6.58
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.64
WellCare MGMCR $6.71
Integranet MGMCR $6.71
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.84
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.84
Humana MGMCD $6.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.84
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.90
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.90
Humana Tricare $7.01
Molina MCR $7.10
Molina MMP $7.10
Molina MME $7.10
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $7.16
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.23
Aetna QHPHIX $8.29
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $8.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.39
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.39
Aetna NewBusiness $11.42
Superior ValueHMO $11.65
Aetna Meritain $12.16
Aetna COMM $12.16
Aetna OON $14.31
Superior HMO $14.58
Superior EPO $14.58
BCBS BluePremier $14.84
BCBS BlueEssentials $16.08
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $16.08
BCBS EPOSOA $16.86
Oscar HIX $16.93
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.06
BCBS PPO $17.64
Cigna LocalPlus $24.55
Cigna NewBusiness $24.57
Cigna NetworkBenefit $27.42
Cigna HMO $27.42
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $27.42
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $27.85
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.85
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.85
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.85
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $27.85
Cigna AllOther $34.70
Cigna IFP $53.70
Cigna QHP $55.69
Humana COMM $72.35
United OptionsPPO $90.30
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $97.46
Evry Health COMM $102.63
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $134.46
BCBS Traditional $176.63
Aetna ASA $209.65
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $278.47
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $289.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $298.36
Independent Medical Systems COMM $397.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $397.81
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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