Tc-99m mertiatide 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

$3,000.47

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.

$3,000.47

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.

$210.03 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,282.82 with BCBS — 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 STARPLUS $210.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $210.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $210.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $210.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $210.03 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $405.06 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $420.07 ↓ -86%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $570.09 ↓ -81%
Superior EPO $600.09 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $600.09 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $600.09 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $624.10 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $663.10 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $735.12 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $750.12 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $774.12 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $792.12 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $792.12 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $885.14 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $885.14 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $885.14 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,014.16 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $1,119.18 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,200.19 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,242.19 ↓ -59%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,308.90 ↓ -56%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,308.90 ↓ -56%
United SmallGroup $1,308.90 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,350.21 ↓ -55%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,719.27 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,250.35 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,250.35 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,550.40 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $2,662.30 ↓ -11%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,662.30 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,000.47 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,000.47 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,896.98 ↑ +30%
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,896.98 ↑ +30%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,089.90 ↑ +36%
BCBS PPO $4,282.82 ↑ +43%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $3,133.94 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,515.31 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
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Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $944.65 $100.00 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $343.70 $250.22 – $1,767.60
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $290.54 $100.00 – $1,651.40
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,699.87 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57

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