Mastoids complete 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

$1,232.50

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.

$1,232.50

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.

$62.15 with United vs $1,232.50 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
United CHIP $62.15 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $62.15 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $62.15 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $62.15 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.15 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $62.15 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $62.15 ↓ -95%
United STAR $62.15 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $62.15 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $62.15 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $65.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.12 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $68.37 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $68.37 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $68.37 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $68.37 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $77.69 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $78.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $86.28 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $86.28 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $86.28 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $86.28 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $86.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $107.05 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $114.68 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $114.68 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $134.50 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -88%
Humana COMM $147.93 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $166.39 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $172.55 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $179.21 ↓ -85%
Cigna NewBusiness $179.39 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $200.17 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $200.17 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $200.17 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -80%
Cigna AllOther $253.34 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $279.78 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $301.96 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $317.99 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $416.58 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -63%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $493.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $547.23 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $649.53 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $862.75 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $896.03 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $924.38 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,232.50 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,232.50 ↑ +0%

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