Salmonella antibody at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL

727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

$956.81

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.

$956.81

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.

$7.91 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $956.81 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 STAR $7.91 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $7.91 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $11.08 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $11.08 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $11.08 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $11.08 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.08 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $11.08 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $11.08 ↓ -99%
United STAR $11.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.63 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.97 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.97 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.19 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $12.19 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $12.19 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.19 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $13.12 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $13.19 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.19 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $13.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.19 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $13.19 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.19 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.19 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $13.19 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $13.19 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $13.19 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $13.19 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $13.19 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.19 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $13.30 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $13.32 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $13.45 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.45 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $13.59 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $13.59 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $13.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $13.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $13.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $13.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $13.85 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $13.85 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $13.85 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $13.85 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $13.85 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $13.98 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $13.98 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $14.21 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $14.38 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $14.38 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $14.38 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.51 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.87 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $15.90 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $15.90 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $18.83 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.08 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $23.08 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $23.61 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $29.55 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $29.55 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $32.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $32.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.16 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $34.29 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.56 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $35.74 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $50.38 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $50.43 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $56.27 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $56.27 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $56.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $66.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $66.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $66.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $66.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $66.98 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $71.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $129.17 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $133.95 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $211.46 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $234.42 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $246.86 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $323.40 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $396.12 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $430.56 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $483.19 ↓ -49%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $548.25 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $717.61 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $717.61 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $813.29 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $956.81 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $956.81 ↑ +0%

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