Ivp w/wo kub w/wo tomography 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.

$114.07 with BCBS vs $3,232.30 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
BCBS BluePremier $114.07
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $125.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $125.58
United STARPLUS $135.33
United STARPerinate $135.33
Amerigroup CHIP $135.33
United STAR $135.33
United STARKids $135.33
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $135.33
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $135.33
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $135.33
United CHIP $135.33
Amerigroup MGMCD $135.33
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $142.10
Aetna Better Health CHIP $146.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $146.16
Molina STAR+PLUS $148.86
Molina MCDSTAR $148.86
Molina STARKIDS $148.86
Molina CHIP $148.86
Humana MGMCD $169.16
Aetna QHPHIX $194.15
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $226.26
Superior Health Plan CHIP $226.26
Superior Health Plan STARKids $226.26
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $226.26
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $226.26
Aetna NewBusiness $266.20
Aetna Meritain $285.16
Aetna COMM $285.16
Aetna OON $334.45
United SmallGroup $341.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20
Humana COMM $341.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $372.90
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $372.90
BCBS EPOSOA $391.11
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
BCBS PPO $409.32
Cigna IFP $436.36
Cigna LocalPlus $438.52
Cigna NewBusiness $438.96
Cigna QHP $452.52
Cigna HMO $489.80
Cigna NetworkBenefit $489.80
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $489.80
Cigna AllOther $619.90
United OptionsPPO $733.73
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $791.91
Evry Health COMM $833.93
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,092.52
Curative Administrators COMM $1,292.92
BCBS Traditional $1,435.14
Aetna ASA $1,703.42
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,262.61
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,349.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,424.22
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,232.30
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,232.30

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