Lso s/c shell/panel custom 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

$15,470.22

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.

$15,470.22

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.

$1,082.92 with Superior Health Plan vs $15,470.22 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,082.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,082.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,082.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,082.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,082.92 ↓ -93%
Humana Tricare $1,254.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,267.43 ↓ -92%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1,267.43 ↓ -92%
WellMed MGMCR $1,286.32 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCR $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health HMO $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health POS $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MCR $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MME $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health PPO $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health SNP $1,292.78 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $1,299.24 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCR $1,303.77 ↓ -92%
Care N Care MGMCR $1,305.71 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $1,318.64 ↓ -91%
WellCare MGMCR $1,331.56 ↓ -91%
Integranet MGMCR $1,331.56 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $1,357.42 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $1,357.42 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $1,357.42 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $1,357.42 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $1,357.42 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $1,357.42 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $1,357.42 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantge MCR $1,357.42 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $1,370.35 ↓ -91%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $1,370.35 ↓ -91%
Molina MMP $1,409.13 ↓ -91%
Molina MCR $1,409.13 ↓ -91%
Molina MME $1,409.13 ↓ -91%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,422.06 ↓ -91%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1,680.61 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $2,088.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $2,165.83 ↓ -86%
Superior ValueHMO $2,314.08 ↓ -85%
Superior EPO $2,895.83 ↓ -81%
Superior HMO $2,895.83 ↓ -81%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,387.08 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $3,511.74 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,821.14 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,821.14 ↓ -75%
Cigna LocalPlus $4,084.14 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $4,084.14 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $4,563.71 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $4,563.71 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,563.71 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,935.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,935.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $5,182.52 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $5,228.93 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $5,414.58 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $5,770.39 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $6,868.78 ↓ -56%
Humana COMM $7,303.64 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASA $8,152.81 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $11,246.85 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11,602.67 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $15,470.22 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $15,470.22 ↑ +0%

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