Hemoglobin plasma 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

$1,877.62

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.

$1,877.62

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.

$4.39 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,877.62 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 $4.39 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.39 ↓ -100%
United STAR $6.14 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $6.14 ↓ -100%
United STARPLUS $6.14 ↓ -100%
United STARPerinate $6.14 ↓ -100%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.14 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.14 ↓ -100%
United CHIP $6.14 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup CHIP $6.14 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6.45 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.63 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $6.63 ↓ -100%
Molina STARKIDS $6.75 ↓ -100%
Molina CHIP $6.75 ↓ -100%
Molina MCDSTAR $6.75 ↓ -100%
Molina STAR+PLUS $6.75 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $7.27 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.31 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health PPO $7.31 ↓ -100%
Humana MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -100%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.31 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health SNP $7.31 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.31 ↓ -100%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.31 ↓ -100%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $7.31 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MME $7.31 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $7.31 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCR $7.31 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health POS $7.31 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health HMO $7.31 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.31 ↓ -100%
United MGMCR $7.35 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $7.37 ↓ -100%
Care N Care MGMCR $7.38 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $7.46 ↓ -100%
WellCare MGMCR $7.53 ↓ -100%
Integranet MGMCR $7.53 ↓ -100%
Humana MGMCD $7.67 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $7.68 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $7.68 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $7.68 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $7.68 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantge MCR $7.68 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $7.68 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $7.68 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $7.68 ↓ -100%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $7.75 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $7.75 ↓ -100%
Humana Tricare $7.88 ↓ -100%
Molina MMP $7.97 ↓ -100%
Molina MME $7.97 ↓ -100%
Molina MCR $7.97 ↓ -100%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.04 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.12 ↓ -100%
Aetna QHPHIX $9.31 ↓ -100%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $9.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $12.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.79 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $12.82 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $13.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $13.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $13.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $16.07 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $16.37 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $16.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $16.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $18.06 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18.06 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $18.93 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $19.01 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $19.81 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalPlus $28.40 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $28.43 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $31.72 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $31.72 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $31.72 ↓ -98%
Cigna AllOther $40.14 ↓ -98%
Humana COMM $81.25 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $131.43 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $131.43 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $131.43 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $131.43 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $131.43 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $253.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $262.87 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $426.22 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $460.02 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $484.43 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $634.64 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $833.66 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $989.51 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,314.33 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,365.03 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,408.21 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,877.62 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,877.62 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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