Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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.

$30.73 with United vs $2,593.00 with United — 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
United STARPerinate $30.73
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $30.73
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $30.73
United CHIP $30.73
United STAR $30.73
United STARKids $30.73
United STARPLUS $30.73
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $30.73
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $32.27
Amerigroup CHIP $32.27
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.27
Molina MCDSTAR $33.80
Molina CHIP $33.80
Molina STAR+PLUS $33.80
Molina STARKIDS $33.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.88
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.88
Humana MGMCD $38.41
Superior Health Plan STARKids $136.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $136.54
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $136.54
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $136.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $136.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $214.26
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $214.26
BCBS MyBlueHealth $214.26
BCBS BlueEssentials $214.26
BCBS EPOSOA $225.11
BCBS PPO $235.62
Cigna IFP $263.32
Cigna QHP $273.07
Aetna NewBusiness $382.30
Oscar HIX $405.71
Aetna Meritain $407.66
Aetna COMM $407.66
United OptionsPPO $431.06
WellMed MGMCR $446.13
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $477.87
Aetna OON $481.78
Evry Health COMM $503.23
Cigna LocalPlus $514.93
Cigna NewBusiness $514.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $575.40
Cigna HMO $575.40
Cigna NetworkBenefit $575.40
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $659.27
Cigna AllOther $727.54
Curative Administrators COMM $780.20
BCBS Traditional $807.51
United GlobalBenefitPlan $877.73
Aetna ASA $985.01
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,117.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,462.88
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,462.88
United SmallGroup $1,580.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,657.93
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,950.51
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,950.51
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,593.00

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,775.85 $43.76 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,098.56 $30.73 – $1,373.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,085.62 $30.73 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,098.56 $30.73 – $1,647.84

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