Urinalysis (with microscopy) 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.

$1.90 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $644.75 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1.90
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1.90
United STARPerinate $2.66
United STARPLUS $2.66
United STARKids $2.66
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.66
United CHIP $2.66
Amerigroup CHIP $2.66
United STAR $2.66
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2.79
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.87
Aetna Better Health CHIP $2.87
Molina MCDSTAR $2.93
Molina STARKIDS $2.93
Molina CHIP $2.93
Molina STAR+PLUS $2.93
WellMed MGMCR $3.15
Devoted Health PPO $3.17
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $3.17
Humana MGMCR $3.17
BCBS MCRPPO $3.17
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.17
United SmallGroup $3.17
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.17
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.17
United AllPayerAppendix $3.17
Devoted Health MME $3.17
Devoted Health MCR $3.17
Devoted Health POS $3.17
Devoted Health HMO $3.17
Devoted Health SNP $3.17
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.17
Aetna MCR $3.20
Care N Care MGMCR $3.20
United MGMCR $3.23
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.23
WellCare MGMCR $3.27
Integranet MGMCR $3.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3.33
ProCare Advantge MCR $3.33
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3.33
Humana MGMCD $3.33
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3.36
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3.36
Humana Tricare $3.41
Molina MME $3.46
Molina MCR $3.46
Molina MMP $3.46
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3.49
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.52
Aetna NewBusiness $3.57
Aetna COMM $3.82
Aetna Meritain $3.82
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4.12
Aetna OON $4.52
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.55
Superior ValueHMO $5.67
Superior EPO $7.10
Superior HMO $7.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.83
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.83
BCBS EPOSOA $8.21
Oscar HIX $8.24
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.31
BCBS PPO $8.59
Cigna LocalPlus $11.63
Cigna NewBusiness $11.64
Cigna NetworkBenefit $12.99
Cigna HMO $12.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12.99
Cigna AllOther $16.44
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $45.13
Superior Health Plan CHIP $45.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.13
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.13
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $45.13
Cigna IFP $87.04
Cigna QHP $90.27
United OptionsPPO $142.49
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $157.96
Evry Health COMM $166.35
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $217.93
BCBS Traditional $266.93
United GlobalBenefitPlan $290.14
Aetna ASA $325.60
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $369.44
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $483.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $483.56
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $548.04
Independent Medical Systems COMM $644.75
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $644.75

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $132.23 $2.85 – $12.20
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $77.87 $2.66 – $97.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $77.87 $4.64 – $116.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $77.87 $2.66 – $97.33
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $77.87 $2.85 – $116.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $77.87 $2.66 – $116.80
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