Drain ostomy pouch w/flange 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

$22.00

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.

$22.00

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.

$1.54 with Superior Health Plan vs $22.00 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.54 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.54 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $2.97 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $2.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $3.08 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3.30 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.30 ↓ -85%
BCBS BluePremier $3.74 ↓ -83%
Humana Tricare $3.74 ↓ -83%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.78 ↓ -83%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.78 ↓ -83%
WellMed MGMCR $3.84 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health MME $3.86 ↓ -82%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.86 ↓ -82%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.86 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health POS $3.86 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health MCR $3.86 ↓ -82%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $3.86 ↓ -82%
Humana MGMCR $3.86 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health PPO $3.86 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health SNP $3.86 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health HMO $3.86 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.86 ↓ -82%
United MGMCR $3.88 ↓ -82%
Aetna MCR $3.89 ↓ -82%
Care N Care MGMCR $3.90 ↓ -82%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.94 ↓ -82%
Integranet MGMCR $3.98 ↓ -82%
WellCare MGMCR $3.98 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.05 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.05 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.05 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.05 ↓ -82%
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.05 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.05 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.05 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.05 ↓ -82%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.09 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.09 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $4.21 ↓ -81%
Molina MMP $4.21 ↓ -81%
Molina MME $4.21 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4.24 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentials $4.24 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.25 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.38 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $4.46 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $4.58 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $4.65 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $4.69 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $4.69 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $4.99 ↓ -77%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.02 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5.39 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $5.52 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $5.68 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $5.81 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $5.81 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6.49 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.49 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $6.49 ↓ -71%
Superior ValueHMO $6.91 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7.44 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $8.21 ↓ -63%
Superior HMO $8.65 ↓ -61%
Superior EPO $8.65 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $8.80 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $9.77 ↓ -56%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.11 ↓ -54%
Aetna ASA $11.59 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $15.40 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $15.99 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $16.50 ↓ -25%
Humana COMM $21.75 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $22.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $22.00 ↑ +0%

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St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $39.20 $1.28 – $9.00
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