Potassium 24 hour urine 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.

$2.84 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $241.78 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.84
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.84
United STAR $3.97
United STARKids $3.97
United STARPLUS $3.97
United STARPerinate $3.97
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.97
United CHIP $3.97
Amerigroup CHIP $3.97
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.29
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.29
Molina STARKIDS $4.37
Molina CHIP $4.37
Molina MCDSTAR $4.37
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.37
WellMed MGMCR $4.71
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.73
Devoted Health PPO $4.73
Humana MGMCR $4.73
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.73
United AllPayerAppendix $4.73
Devoted Health SNP $4.73
BCBS MCRPPO $4.73
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.73
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.73
Devoted Health MME $4.73
United SmallGroup $4.73
Devoted Health MCR $4.73
Devoted Health POS $4.73
Devoted Health HMO $4.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.73
United MGMCR $4.75
Aetna MCR $4.77
Care N Care MGMCR $4.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.82
WellCare MGMCR $4.87
Integranet MGMCR $4.87
Humana MGMCD $4.96
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.97
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.97
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.97
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.97
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.97
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.97
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.97
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.97
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.01
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.01
Humana Tricare $5.09
Molina MMP $5.16
Molina MME $5.16
Molina MCR $5.16
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.25
Aetna QHPHIX $6.02
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.28
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.28
Aetna NewBusiness $8.29
Superior ValueHMO $8.47
Aetna Meritain $8.83
Aetna COMM $8.83
Aetna OON $10.39
Superior EPO $10.60
Superior HMO $10.60
BCBS BluePremier $10.78
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.68
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.68
BCBS EPOSOA $12.25
Oscar HIX $12.30
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.39
BCBS PPO $12.82
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $16.92
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.92
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.92
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.92
Cigna LocalPlus $18.09
Cigna NewBusiness $18.11
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.20
Cigna HMO $20.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.20
Cigna AllOther $25.57
Cigna IFP $32.64
Cigna QHP $33.85
Humana COMM $47.87
United OptionsPPO $54.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $59.24
Evry Health COMM $62.38
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $81.72
BCBS Traditional $107.35
Aetna ASA $127.42
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $169.25
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $175.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $181.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $241.78
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $241.78
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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