Culture fungi other (except blood) 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.

$5.05 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,191.73 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 $5.05
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $5.05
United STAR $7.06
United STARKids $7.06
United STARPLUS $7.06
United STARPerinate $7.06
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.06
United CHIP $7.06
Amerigroup CHIP $7.06
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.41
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.62
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.62
Molina STARKIDS $7.77
Molina CHIP $7.77
Molina MCDSTAR $7.77
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.77
WellMed MGMCR $8.37
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.41
Devoted Health PPO $8.41
Humana MGMCR $8.41
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.41
United AllPayerAppendix $8.41
Devoted Health SNP $8.41
BCBS MCRPPO $8.41
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.41
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $8.41
Devoted Health MME $8.41
United SmallGroup $8.41
Devoted Health MCR $8.41
Devoted Health POS $8.41
Devoted Health HMO $8.41
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.41
United MGMCR $8.45
Aetna MCR $8.48
Care N Care MGMCR $8.49
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.58
WellCare MGMCR $8.66
Integranet MGMCR $8.66
Humana MGMCD $8.82
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.83
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.83
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.91
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.91
Humana Tricare $9.06
Molina MMP $9.17
Molina MME $9.17
Molina MCR $9.17
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $9.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.34
Aetna QHPHIX $10.71
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.93
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.72
Aetna NewBusiness $14.75
Superior ValueHMO $15.05
Aetna Meritain $15.71
Aetna COMM $15.71
Aetna OON $18.48
Superior HMO $18.84
Superior EPO $18.84
BCBS BluePremier $19.17
BCBS BlueEssentials $20.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $20.77
BCBS EPOSOA $21.78
Oscar HIX $21.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.03
BCBS PPO $22.79
Cigna LocalPlus $32.29
Cigna NewBusiness $32.32
Cigna NetworkBenefit $36.06
Cigna HMO $36.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.06
Cigna AllOther $45.64
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $83.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $83.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $83.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $83.42
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $83.42
Humana COMM $93.40
Cigna IFP $160.88
Cigna QHP $166.84
United OptionsPPO $270.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $291.97
Evry Health COMM $307.47
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $402.80
BCBS Traditional $529.13
Aetna ASA $628.04
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $834.21
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $866.39
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $893.80
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,191.73
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,191.73
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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