Ot evaluation low complexity patient/family 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.

$24.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $638.18 with Humana — 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 $24.21
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $24.21
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.21
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.21
Cigna IFP $46.68
Cigna QHP $48.41
Oscar HIX $71.93
United OptionsPPO $78.50
WellMed MGMCR $87.80
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $88.24
Amerigroup DualEligible $88.24
Humana MGMCR $88.24
Devoted Health PPO $88.24
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $88.24
Devoted Health SNP $88.24
Devoted Health HMO $88.24
Devoted Health POS $88.24
Devoted Health MCR $88.24
Devoted Health MME $88.24
United MGMCR $88.68
BCBS MGMCRHMO $88.81
BCBS MCRPPO $88.81
Aetna MCR $88.99
Care N Care MGMCR $89.12
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $90.00
WellCare MGMCR $90.89
Integranet MGMCR $90.89
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $92.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $92.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $92.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $92.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $92.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $92.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $92.65
ProCare Advantge MCR $92.65
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $93.53
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $93.53
Molina MMP $96.18
Molina MCR $96.18
Molina MME $96.18
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $97.06
Humana Tricare $97.89
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $100.92
Aetna QHPHIX $106.00
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $114.71
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $116.88
Aetna NewBusiness $143.00
BCBS Traditional $153.54
Aetna Meritain $155.00
Aetna COMM $155.00
Superior ValueHMO $157.95
Aetna OON $179.00
Aetna ASA $182.24
Superior EPO $197.65
Superior HMO $197.65
BCBS BluePremier $219.43
Molina Healthcare HIX $231.18
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $242.07
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $251.40
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $255.70
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $259.36
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $345.81
Independent Medical Systems COMM $345.81
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $452.81
BCBS BlueEssentials $452.81
BCBS EPOSOA $475.13
BCBS PPO $497.44
Humana COMM $638.18

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