Socket insert w lock mech 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

$4,037.00

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.

$4,037.00

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.

$282.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,037.00 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $282.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $282.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $282.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $282.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $282.59 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $545.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $565.18 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $791.25 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $843.73 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $843.73 ↓ -79%
Humana Tricare $869.99 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $892.18 ↓ -78%
WellMed MGMCR $892.42 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health PPO $896.90 ↓ -78%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $896.90 ↓ -78%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $896.90 ↓ -78%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $896.90 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health SNP $896.90 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup DualEligible $896.90 ↓ -78%
BCBS MCRPPO $896.90 ↓ -78%
Humana MGMCR $896.90 ↓ -78%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $896.90 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health MME $896.90 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health MCR $896.90 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health POS $896.90 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health HMO $896.90 ↓ -78%
Aetna MCR $904.52 ↓ -78%
Care N Care MGMCR $905.87 ↓ -78%
United MGMCR $914.84 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $914.84 ↓ -77%
Integranet MGMCR $923.81 ↓ -77%
WellCare MGMCR $923.81 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $941.75 ↓ -77%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $941.75 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $941.75 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $941.75 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantge MCR $941.75 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $941.75 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $941.75 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $941.75 ↓ -77%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $950.71 ↓ -76%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $950.71 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $964.84 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $964.84 ↓ -76%
Molina MMP $977.62 ↓ -76%
Molina MCR $977.62 ↓ -76%
Molina MME $977.62 ↓ -76%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $986.59 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $997.14 ↓ -75%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,065.77 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,065.77 ↓ -74%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1,165.97 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,190.91 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,190.91 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $1,190.91 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,267.62 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,267.62 ↓ -69%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,332.21 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,364.51 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $1,392.77 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $1,505.80 ↓ -63%
Superior ValueHMO $1,605.45 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,671.32 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,816.65 ↓ -55%
Superior HMO $2,009.06 ↓ -50%
Superior EPO $2,009.06 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,038.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,313.20 ↓ -43%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,349.88 ↓ -42%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,027.75 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,027.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,431.45 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,037.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,037.00 ↑ +0%

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