Pelvic Ultrasound (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

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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.

$96.28 with United vs $1,957.18 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 STARPLUS $96.28
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $96.28
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $96.28
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $96.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $96.28
United CHIP $96.28
Amerigroup CHIP $96.28
United STARPerinate $96.28
United STAR $96.28
United STARKids $96.28
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $101.09
Aetna Better Health MCD $103.98
Aetna Better Health CHIP $103.98
Molina STAR+PLUS $105.91
Molina CHIP $105.91
Molina STARKIDS $105.91
Molina MCDSTAR $105.91
Humana MGMCD $120.35
Aetna QHPHIX $124.29
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $137.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $137.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $137.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $137.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $137.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $170.41
Aetna Meritain $182.55
Aetna COMM $182.55
Aetna OON $214.11
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $264.22
Cigna QHP $274.01
Cigna LocalPlus $283.82
Cigna NewBusiness $284.10
Humana COMM $307.41
Cigna NetworkBenefit $317.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $317.00
Cigna HMO $317.00
Cigna AllOther $401.21
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
United OptionsPPO $444.28
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $479.51
Evry Health COMM $504.95
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $661.53
Curative Administrators COMM $782.87
BCBS Traditional $868.99
Aetna ASA $1,031.43
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,370.03
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,422.87
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,467.88
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,957.18
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,957.18

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Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,178.28 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $761.44 $96.28 – $951.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $647.87 $133.35 – $971.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $520.36 $96.28 – $650.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $761.44 $96.28 – $951.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $647.87 $99.77 – $971.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $647.87 $96.28 – $971.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $520.36 $96.28 – $780.54

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