Ghs inhibitor screen 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

$456.13

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.

$456.13

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.

$7.72 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $456.13 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 $7.72 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $7.72 ↓ -98%
United STAR $10.81 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $10.81 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $10.81 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $10.81 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.81 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.81 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $10.81 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $10.81 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.67 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.67 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $11.89 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $11.89 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $11.89 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $11.89 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $12.81 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $12.87 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $12.87 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $12.87 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $12.87 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.87 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.87 ↓ -97%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $12.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $12.87 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $12.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $12.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $12.87 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $12.87 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.87 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $12.93 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $12.98 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $13.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.13 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $13.26 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $13.26 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $13.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $13.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $13.51 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $13.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $13.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $13.51 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $13.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $13.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $13.51 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $13.64 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $13.64 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $13.87 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $14.03 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $14.03 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $14.03 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.16 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $16.37 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $16.73 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.52 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $22.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $22.54 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $23.04 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $24.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $24.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $28.26 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $28.83 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $28.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $29.34 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $31.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $31.79 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $31.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $31.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.93 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $33.33 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $33.46 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.72 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $34.88 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalPlus $49.05 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $49.10 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $54.79 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO $54.79 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $54.79 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $61.58 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $63.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $69.34 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $103.54 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $111.75 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $117.68 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $142.98 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $154.17 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $202.52 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $240.38 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $319.29 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $331.61 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $342.10 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $456.13 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $456.13 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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