Warde cadmium blood 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

$898.52

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.

$898.52

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.

$14.18 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $898.52 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 $14.18 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $14.18 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $19.86 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $19.86 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $19.86 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $19.86 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.86 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $19.86 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $19.86 ↓ -98%
United STAR $19.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $20.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $21.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $21.45 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $21.85 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $21.85 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $21.85 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $21.85 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $23.52 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $23.64 ↓ -97%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $23.64 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $23.64 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $23.64 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $23.64 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $23.64 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $23.64 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $23.64 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $23.64 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $23.64 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $23.64 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $23.64 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $23.64 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $23.64 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $23.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $23.84 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $23.88 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $24.11 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $24.11 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $24.35 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $24.35 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $24.82 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $24.82 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $24.82 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $24.82 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $24.82 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $24.82 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $24.82 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $24.82 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $24.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $25.06 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $25.06 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $25.47 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $25.77 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $25.77 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $25.77 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $26.00 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.26 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $26.66 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $28.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $28.50 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $30.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $33.75 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $41.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $41.37 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $42.32 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $52.95 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $52.95 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $58.39 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $58.39 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $61.23 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $61.46 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $61.94 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $62.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $62.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.90 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.90 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $64.06 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $90.37 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $90.46 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $100.93 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $100.93 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $100.93 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $121.30 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $125.79 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $127.75 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $198.57 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $220.14 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $231.82 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $303.70 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $371.99 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $404.33 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $453.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $514.85 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $673.89 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $673.89 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $763.74 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $898.52 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $898.52 ↑ +0%

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