Lidocaine (pf) 10 mg/ml (1 %) injection solution 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.

$0.03 with BCBS vs $20.12 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 BlueAdvantageHMO $0.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.03
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.05
BCBS EPOSOA $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.05
Cigna LocalPlus $0.06
Cigna NewBusiness $0.06
BCBS PPO $0.06
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.07
Cigna HMO $0.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.07
United SmallGroup $0.08
United AllPayerAppendix $0.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.08
Cigna AllOther $0.09
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.41
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.41
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.41
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.41
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.41
Cigna IFP $2.72
Aetna QHPHIX $2.72
Cigna QHP $2.82
Aetna NewBusiness $4.00
Aetna COMM $4.29
Aetna Meritain $4.29
United OptionsPPO $4.57
Aetna OON $5.05
BCBS BluePremier $5.88
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $6.80
BCBS Traditional $8.93
Aetna ASA $10.60
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $14.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15.09
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $20.12
Independent Medical Systems COMM $20.12

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Lidocaine (pf) 10 mg/ml (1 %) injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $102.25 $0.04 – $0.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $42.44 $1.61 – $8.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $42.44 $1.17 – $8.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $42.44 $1.14 – $7.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $42.44 $1.52 – $8.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $42.44 $1.83 – $8.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $42.44 $2.94 – $8.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $42.44 $1.90 – $8.53

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