Sodium 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$3.04 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $324.08 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 $3.04
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.04
United STARPerinate $4.25
United STARPLUS $4.25
United STARKids $4.25
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.25
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.25
United CHIP $4.25
Amerigroup CHIP $4.25
United STAR $4.25
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.46
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.59
Molina MCDSTAR $4.68
Molina STARKIDS $4.68
Molina CHIP $4.68
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.68
WellMed MGMCR $5.03
Devoted Health PPO $5.06
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.06
Humana MGMCR $5.06
BCBS MCRPPO $5.06
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.06
United SmallGroup $5.06
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.06
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.06
United AllPayerAppendix $5.06
Devoted Health MME $5.06
Devoted Health MCR $5.06
Devoted Health POS $5.06
Devoted Health HMO $5.06
Devoted Health SNP $5.06
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.06
Aetna MCR $5.10
Care N Care MGMCR $5.11
United MGMCR $5.16
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.16
WellCare MGMCR $5.21
Integranet MGMCR $5.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.31
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.31
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.31
Humana MGMCD $5.31
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.36
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.36
Humana Tricare $5.45
Molina MME $5.52
Molina MCR $5.52
Molina MMP $5.52
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.57
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.62
Aetna NewBusiness $5.72
Aetna Meritain $6.11
Aetna COMM $6.11
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.58
Aetna OON $7.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.85
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.85
Superior ValueHMO $9.06
Superior EPO $11.33
Superior HMO $11.33
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $12.50
BCBS EPOSOA $13.11
Oscar HIX $13.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.26
BCBS PPO $13.71
Cigna LocalPlus $19.37
Cigna NewBusiness $19.39
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.64
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.64
Cigna HMO $21.64
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.69
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $22.69
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $22.69
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.69
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.69
Cigna AllOther $27.39
Cigna IFP $43.75
Cigna QHP $45.37
United OptionsPPO $71.62
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $79.40
Evry Health COMM $83.61
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $109.54
BCBS Traditional $134.17
United GlobalBenefitPlan $145.84
Aetna ASA $163.66
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $185.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $243.06
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $243.06
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $275.47
Independent Medical Systems COMM $324.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $324.08

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