Filters elec/combo vad, rep 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

$255.00

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.

$255.00

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.

$17.85 with Superior Health Plan vs $255.00 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 MCDSTAR $17.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $17.85 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $34.42 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $35.70 ↓ -86%
Humana Tricare $36.67 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRPPO $37.06 ↓ -85%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $37.06 ↓ -85%
WellMed MGMCR $37.61 ↓ -85%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $37.80 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup DualEligible $37.80 ↓ -85%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $37.80 ↓ -85%
Humana MGMCR $37.80 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health SNP $37.80 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health HMO $37.80 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health POS $37.80 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health MCR $37.80 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health MME $37.80 ↓ -85%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $37.80 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health PPO $37.80 ↓ -85%
United MGMCR $37.99 ↓ -85%
Aetna MCR $38.12 ↓ -85%
Care N Care MGMCR $38.18 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $38.56 ↓ -85%
WellCare MGMCR $38.93 ↓ -85%
Integranet MGMCR $38.93 ↓ -85%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $39.69 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $39.69 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $39.69 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $39.69 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $39.69 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $39.69 ↓ -84%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $39.69 ↓ -84%
ProCare Advantge MCR $39.69 ↓ -84%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $40.07 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $40.07 ↓ -84%
Molina MME $41.20 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $41.20 ↓ -84%
Molina MMP $41.20 ↓ -84%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $41.58 ↓ -84%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $49.14 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $57.88 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $62.98 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $62.98 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $67.32 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $67.32 ↓ -74%
Superior ValueHMO $67.66 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.22 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $75.22 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $75.22 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $81.34 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $81.34 ↓ -68%
Superior HMO $84.67 ↓ -67%
Superior EPO $84.67 ↓ -67%
BCBS EPOSOA $85.42 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $86.19 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $89.25 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $95.11 ↓ -63%
Molina Healthcare HIX $99.04 ↓ -61%
BCBS Traditional $113.22 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $134.38 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $185.38 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $191.25 ↓ -25%
Humana COMM $213.61 ↓ -16%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $255.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $255.00 ↑ +0%

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