System recell skin grafting/harvesting 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

$176,963.00

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.

$176,963.00

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.

$3.35 with BCBS vs $176,963.00 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
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3.35 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.35 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $4.59 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4.59 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $4.82 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $5.04 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12,387.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $12,387.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $12,387.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12,387.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12,387.41 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $23,890.01 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $24,774.82 ↓ -86%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $33,622.97 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $34,684.75 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $35,392.60 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $35,392.60 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $35,392.60 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $36,808.30 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $36,985.27 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $36,985.27 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $39,108.82 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43,355.93 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $43,709.86 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $44,240.75 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $45,656.45 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $46,718.23 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $46,718.23 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52,204.08 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $52,204.08 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $52,204.08 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $59,813.49 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $66,007.20 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $70,785.20 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $73,262.68 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $79,633.35 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $89,366.32 ↓ -49%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $101,399.80 ↓ -43%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $132,722.25 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $132,722.25 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $150,418.55 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $176,963.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $176,963.00 ↑ +0%

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