Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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.

$5.34 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,001.40 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 $5.34
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $5.34
United STARPerinate $7.48
United STARPLUS $7.48
United STARKids $7.48
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.48
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.48
United CHIP $7.48
Amerigroup CHIP $7.48
United STAR $7.48
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.08
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.08
Molina MCDSTAR $8.23
Molina STARKIDS $8.23
Molina CHIP $8.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.23
WellMed MGMCR $8.86
Devoted Health PPO $8.90
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $8.90
Humana MGMCR $8.90
BCBS MCRPPO $8.90
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.90
United SmallGroup $8.90
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.90
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.90
United AllPayerAppendix $8.90
Devoted Health MME $8.90
Devoted Health MCR $8.90
Devoted Health POS $8.90
Devoted Health HMO $8.90
Devoted Health SNP $8.90
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.90
Aetna MCR $8.98
Care N Care MGMCR $8.99
United MGMCR $9.08
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.08
WellCare MGMCR $9.17
Integranet MGMCR $9.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.35
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.35
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.35
Humana MGMCD $9.35
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $9.43
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $9.43
Humana Tricare $9.59
Molina MME $9.70
Molina MCR $9.70
Molina MMP $9.70
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $9.79
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.89
Aetna NewBusiness $10.04
Aetna Meritain $10.73
Aetna COMM $10.73
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $11.57
Aetna OON $12.71
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.58
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $15.58
Superior ValueHMO $15.93
Superior EPO $19.94
Superior HMO $19.94
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $21.98
BCBS BlueEssentials $21.98
BCBS EPOSOA $23.05
Oscar HIX $23.14
Molina Healthcare HIX $23.32
BCBS PPO $24.12
Cigna LocalPlus $33.57
Cigna NewBusiness $33.61
Cigna NetworkBenefit $37.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $37.50
Cigna HMO $37.50
Cigna AllOther $47.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $70.10
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $70.10
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $70.10
Superior Health Plan CHIP $70.10
Superior Health Plan STARKids $70.10
Cigna IFP $135.19
Cigna QHP $140.20
United OptionsPPO $221.31
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $245.34
Evry Health COMM $258.36
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $338.47
BCBS Traditional $414.58
United GlobalBenefitPlan $450.63
Aetna ASA $505.71
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $573.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $751.05
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $751.05
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $851.19
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,001.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,001.40

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