Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) 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.

$37.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $533.91 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 CHIP $37.37
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $37.37
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.37
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.37
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $37.37
Cigna IFP $72.08
Cigna QHP $74.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $85.20
Amerigroup MGMCD $85.20
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $85.20
United STARPLUS $85.20
United STARKids $85.20
United STAR $85.20
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $85.20
United STARPerinate $85.20
Amerigroup CHIP $85.20
United CHIP $85.20
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $89.46
Aetna Better Health CHIP $92.02
Aetna Better Health MCD $92.02
Molina CHIP $93.72
Molina STARKIDS $93.72
Molina STAR+PLUS $93.72
Molina MCDSTAR $93.72
Humana MGMCD $106.50
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
United OptionsPPO $117.99
Aetna NewBusiness $122.07
Aetna Meritain $130.40
Aetna COMM $130.40
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $130.81
Evry Health COMM $137.75
Aetna OON $154.33
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $180.46
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna LocalPlus $205.04
Cigna NewBusiness $205.25
Curative Administrators COMM $213.56
BCBS Traditional $221.04
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $229.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $229.02
Cigna HMO $229.02
United GlobalBenefitPlan $240.26
Aetna ASA $269.62
Cigna AllOther $289.85
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $305.93
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $400.43
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $400.43
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $453.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $533.91
Independent Medical Systems COMM $533.91

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Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $688.16 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $346.19 $83.05 – $432.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $346.09 $71.24 – $519.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $346.09 $83.05 – $432.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $346.19 $83.05 – $432.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $346.09 $83.05 – $519.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $346.09 $85.20 – $519.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $346.09 $83.05 – $519.14

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