Warde bile acids 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

$641.30

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.

$641.30

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.

$10.27 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $641.30 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 $10.27 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $10.27 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $14.38 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $14.38 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $14.38 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.38 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.38 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $14.38 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $14.38 ↓ -98%
United STAR $14.38 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.53 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $15.82 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $15.82 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $15.82 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.82 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $17.12 ↓ -97%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $17.12 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.12 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $17.12 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.12 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.12 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $17.12 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $17.12 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $17.12 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $17.12 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $17.12 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $17.27 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $17.29 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $17.46 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.46 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $17.63 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $17.63 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.98 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $17.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $18.15 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $18.15 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $18.45 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $18.66 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $18.66 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $18.66 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.83 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $19.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $20.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $20.64 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $22.26 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $24.44 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.96 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $29.96 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $30.64 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $38.35 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $38.35 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $42.29 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $42.29 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $44.34 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $44.51 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $44.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $44.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.89 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $46.40 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.86 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.93 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $73.56 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.56 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.56 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $86.58 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $89.78 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $93.10 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $141.73 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $157.12 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $165.46 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $216.76 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $265.50 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $288.58 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $323.86 ↓ -49%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $367.46 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $480.98 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $480.98 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $545.10 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $641.30 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $641.30 ↑ +0%

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