Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$2.89 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $334.37 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 $2.89
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.89
United STARPerinate $4.04
United STARPLUS $4.04
United STARKids $4.04
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.04
United CHIP $4.04
Amerigroup CHIP $4.04
United STAR $4.04
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.24
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.36
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.36
Molina MCDSTAR $4.44
Molina STARKIDS $4.44
Molina CHIP $4.44
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.44
WellMed MGMCR $4.79
Devoted Health PPO $4.81
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.81
Humana MGMCR $4.81
BCBS MCRPPO $4.81
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.81
United SmallGroup $4.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.81
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.81
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81
Devoted Health MME $4.81
Devoted Health MCR $4.81
Devoted Health POS $4.81
Devoted Health HMO $4.81
Devoted Health SNP $4.81
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.81
Aetna MCR $4.85
Care N Care MGMCR $4.86
United MGMCR $4.91
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.91
WellCare MGMCR $4.95
Integranet MGMCR $4.95
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.05
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.05
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.05
Humana MGMCD $5.05
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.10
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.10
Humana Tricare $5.18
Molina MME $5.24
Molina MCR $5.24
Molina MMP $5.24
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.29
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.34
Aetna NewBusiness $5.43
Aetna Meritain $5.81
Aetna COMM $5.81
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.25
Aetna OON $6.88
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.42
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.42
Superior ValueHMO $8.61
Superior EPO $10.77
Superior HMO $10.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.88
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.88
BCBS EPOSOA $12.46
Oscar HIX $12.51
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.60
BCBS PPO $13.04
Cigna LocalPlus $18.09
Cigna NewBusiness $18.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.20
Cigna HMO $20.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.41
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $23.41
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $23.41
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.41
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.41
Cigna AllOther $25.57
Cigna IFP $45.14
Cigna QHP $46.81
United OptionsPPO $73.90
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $81.92
Evry Health COMM $86.27
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $113.02
BCBS Traditional $138.43
United GlobalBenefitPlan $150.47
Aetna ASA $168.86
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $191.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $250.78
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $250.78
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $284.21
Independent Medical Systems COMM $334.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $334.37

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