Reticulocyte automated 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.

$2.39 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $569.29 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 $2.39
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.39
United STAR $3.35
United STARKids $3.35
United STARPLUS $3.35
United STARPerinate $3.35
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.35
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.35
United CHIP $3.35
Amerigroup CHIP $3.35
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.52
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.62
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.62
Molina STARKIDS $3.69
Molina CHIP $3.69
Molina MCDSTAR $3.69
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.69
WellMed MGMCR $3.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.99
Devoted Health PPO $3.99
Humana MGMCR $3.99
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.99
United AllPayerAppendix $3.99
Devoted Health SNP $3.99
BCBS MCRPPO $3.99
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.99
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $3.99
Devoted Health MME $3.99
United SmallGroup $3.99
Devoted Health MCR $3.99
Devoted Health POS $3.99
Devoted Health HMO $3.99
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.99
United MGMCR $4.01
Aetna MCR $4.02
Care N Care MGMCR $4.03
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.07
WellCare MGMCR $4.11
Integranet MGMCR $4.11
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.19
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.19
Humana MGMCD $4.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.19
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.23
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.23
Humana Tricare $4.30
Molina MCR $4.35
Molina MMP $4.35
Molina MME $4.35
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.43
Aetna QHPHIX $5.07
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.19
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.98
Aetna NewBusiness $6.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.98
Superior ValueHMO $7.14
Aetna Meritain $7.43
Aetna COMM $7.43
Aetna OON $8.75
Superior HMO $8.94
Superior EPO $8.94
BCBS BluePremier $9.10
BCBS BlueEssentials $9.86
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $9.86
BCBS EPOSOA $10.33
Oscar HIX $10.37
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.45
BCBS PPO $10.81
Cigna LocalPlus $15.48
Cigna NewBusiness $15.50
Cigna NetworkBenefit $17.29
Cigna HMO $17.29
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $17.29
Cigna AllOther $21.89
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $39.85
Superior Health Plan CHIP $39.85
Superior Health Plan STARKids $39.85
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $39.85
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $39.85
Humana COMM $44.36
Cigna IFP $76.85
Cigna QHP $79.70
United OptionsPPO $129.23
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $139.48
Evry Health COMM $146.88
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $192.42
BCBS Traditional $252.76
Aetna ASA $300.02
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $398.50
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $413.87
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $426.97
Independent Medical Systems COMM $569.29
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $569.29
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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