Vaccine tdap >=7 years im 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

$792.36

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.

$792.36

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.

$38.30 with Humana vs $792.36 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
Humana Tricare $38.30 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $39.48 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $55.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $55.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.47 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $65.14 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $65.14 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $65.14 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $106.97 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $110.93 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $136.34 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $136.34 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $158.47 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $158.47 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $158.47 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $175.11 ↓ -78%
Molina Healthcare HIX $198.09 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $199.58 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentials $199.58 ↓ -75%
BCBS EPOSOA $209.46 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $219.34 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $267.82 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $328.04 ↓ -59%
Cigna LocalPlus $330.38 ↓ -58%
Cigna NewBusiness $330.71 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $356.56 ↓ -55%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $369.10 ↓ -53%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $369.10 ↓ -53%
Cigna HMO $369.10 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASA $400.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $454.02 ↓ -43%
Cigna AllOther $466.94 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $594.27 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $594.27 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $673.51 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $792.36 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $792.36 ↑ +0%

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Vaccine tdap >=7 years im at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $395.35 $152.15 – $152.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $167.69 $43.43 – $235.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $167.69 $34.19 – $249.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $167.69 $33.22 – $207.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $167.69 $43.43 – $235.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $167.69 $43.43 – $249.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $167.69 $43.43 – $249.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $167.69 $43.43 – $249.16

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