Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour 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

$571.22

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.

$571.22

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.

$39.99 with Superior Health Plan vs $571.22 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $39.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $39.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $39.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $39.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $39.99 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $46.59 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.59 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $77.11 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $79.97 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $82.50 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $82.50 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $86.56 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $90.63 ↓ -84%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $108.53 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $111.96 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $114.24 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $114.24 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $114.24 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $118.81 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $119.38 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $119.38 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $126.24 ↓ -78%
Aetna OON $141.09 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $142.81 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $193.07 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $236.49 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $257.05 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $288.47 ↓ -49%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $327.31 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $428.42 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $428.42 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $485.54 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $571.22 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $571.22 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $221.58 $52.01 – $313.90
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