Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) 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.

$87.49 with BCBS vs $1,747.44 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
BCBS BluePremier $87.49
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $96.31
BCBS MyBlueHealth $96.31
United STARKids $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STAR $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Aetna QHPHIX $119.78
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $122.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $122.32
Superior Health Plan STARKids $122.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $122.32
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $122.32
Humana MGMCD $130.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $164.23
Aetna Meritain $175.93
Aetna COMM $175.93
Aetna OON $206.34
Cigna IFP $235.90
Cigna QHP $244.64
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna LocalPlus $276.08
Cigna NewBusiness $276.35
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $285.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $285.99
Humana COMM $298.89
BCBS EPOSOA $299.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $308.36
Cigna NetworkBenefit $308.36
Cigna HMO $308.36
BCBS PPO $313.93
Cigna AllOther $390.27
United OptionsPPO $396.67
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $428.12
Evry Health COMM $450.84
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $590.63
Curative Administrators COMM $698.98
BCBS Traditional $775.86
Aetna ASA $920.90
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,223.21
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,270.39
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,310.58
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,747.44
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,747.44

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,375.01 $283.05 – $283.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $660.98 $99.77 – $826.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $614.24 $126.43 – $921.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $580.03 $99.77 – $725.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $660.98 $99.77 – $826.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $614.24 $99.77 – $921.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $614.24 $104.75 – $921.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $580.03 $99.77 – $870.04

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