Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm 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

$750.00

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.

$750.00

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.

$29.45 with Humana vs $750.00 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Humana Tricare $29.45 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $30.36 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $52.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $52.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $101.25 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $101.25 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $105.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $117.92 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $117.92 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $149.25 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $159.75 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $159.75 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $170.25 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $172.61 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueEssentials $172.61 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $181.15 ↓ -76%
Cigna LocalPlus $183.35 ↓ -76%
Cigna NewBusiness $183.53 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $188.25 ↓ -75%
BCBS PPO $189.70 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $204.83 ↓ -73%
Cigna HMO $204.83 ↓ -73%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $204.83 ↓ -73%
United SmallGroup $209.78 ↓ -72%
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78 ↓ -72%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↓ -72%
Humana COMM $220.33 ↓ -71%
BCBS BluePremier $235.16 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $253.50 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $259.13 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $333.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $395.25 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $545.25 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $562.50 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $750.00 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $750.00 ↑ +0%

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Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $319.00 $30.36 – $299.99
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,202.29 $106.06 – $136.47
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,575.81 $37.26 – $129.15
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $61.60 $30.76 – $176.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $22.92 $21.40 – $137.52
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $61.60 $37.26 – $176.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $61.60 $37.26 – $176.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $642.00 $30.36 – $299.99

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