Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

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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.

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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.

$2,069.00 with Healthcare Highways vs $80,430.71 with BCBS — 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
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $4,078.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4,078.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4,078.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4,078.63
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $4,078.63
Oscar HIX $6,587.00
Cigna IFP $7,865.94
Cigna QHP $8,157.27
Aetna QHPHIX $12,049.00
United OptionsPPO $13,226.43
Aetna NewBusiness $16,508.00
Cigna LocalPlus $17,220.00
Cigna NewBusiness $17,238.00
Aetna Meritain $17,640.00
Aetna COMM $17,640.00
Humana COMM $18,056.70
Cigna NetworkBenefit $19,240.00
Cigna HMO $19,240.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19,240.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $19,693.98
Aetna OON $20,752.00
Cigna AllOther $24,339.00
BCBS Traditional $25,870.20
United SmallGroup $25,963.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $26,773.00
WellMed MGMCR $29,005.84
Aetna ASA $30,706.29
United AllPayerAppendix $37,202.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $40,786.35
BCBS BluePremier $41,071.00
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $42,359.53
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $43,699.66
Independent Medical Systems COMM $58,266.21
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $58,266.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $65,314.30
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $65,314.30
BCBS BlueEssentials $73,300.33
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $73,300.33
BCBS EPOSOA $77,008.13
BCBS PPO $80,430.71
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $40,831.56 $7,441.00 – $72,000.42
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