Tc-99m tilmanocept diag 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

$4,405.98

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.

$4,405.98

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.

$308.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,770.98 with Cigna — 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 STARHealth $308.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $308.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $308.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $308.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $308.42 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $594.81 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $616.84 ↓ -86%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $837.14 ↓ -81%
Superior HMO $881.20 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $881.20 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $881.20 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $916.44 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $973.72 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,079.47 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,101.49 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,136.74 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,489.22 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,614.32 ↓ -63%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,614.32 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,762.39 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,824.08 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,982.69 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,363.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,363.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,479.98 ↓ -44%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,524.63 ↓ -43%
BCBS PPO $2,596.96 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,304.48 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,304.48 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,745.08 ↓ -15%
Cigna LocalPlus $4,083.28 ↓ -7%
Cigna NewBusiness $4,087.32 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,405.98 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,405.98 ↑ +0%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $4,561.72 ↑ +4%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,561.72 ↑ +4%
Cigna HMO $4,561.72 ↑ +4%
Cigna AllOther $5,770.98 ↑ +31%

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Tc-99m tilmanocept diag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,340.10 $917.12 – $5,480.11
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $4,513.82 $917.12 – $5,480.11
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $932.09 $100.00 – $1,997.33
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,279.60 $100.00 – $3,656.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,279.60 $100.00 – $3,656.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,279.60 $100.00 – $3,656.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,279.60 $100.00 – $3,656.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $1,166.70 $610.64 – $610.64

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