X-ray bone survey complete 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.

$99.90 with United vs $3,280.43 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
United STARPLUS $99.90
United STAR $99.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $99.90
Amerigroup CHIP $99.90
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $99.90
United STARPerinate $99.90
United STARKids $99.90
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $99.90
United CHIP $99.90
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $99.90
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $104.90
Aetna Better Health MCD $107.89
Aetna Better Health CHIP $107.89
Molina STARKIDS $109.89
Molina MCDSTAR $109.89
Molina CHIP $109.89
Molina STAR+PLUS $109.89
Humana MGMCD $124.88
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Aetna NewBusiness $169.35
Aetna Meritain $180.89
Aetna COMM $180.89
Aetna OON $214.09
Superior Health Plan STARKids $229.63
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $229.63
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $229.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $229.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $229.63
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna LocalPlus $284.86
Cigna NewBusiness $285.15
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $318.17
Cigna NetworkBenefit $318.17
Cigna HMO $318.17
Cigna AllOther $402.68
Cigna IFP $442.86
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
Cigna QHP $459.26
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
BCBS PPO $502.12
United OptionsPPO $724.98
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $803.71
Evry Health COMM $846.35
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,108.79
Curative Administrators COMM $1,312.17
BCBS Traditional $1,358.10
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,476.19
Aetna ASA $1,656.62
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,879.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,460.32
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,460.32
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,788.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,280.43
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,280.43

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X-ray bone survey complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,533.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $826.19 $141.23 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $747.36 $99.77 – $934.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $826.19 $99.77 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $826.19 $99.90 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $747.36 $99.77 – $1,121.04

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