Xcapsl ctrc rmvl cplx w/ecp at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL

727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 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.

$1,996.38 with United vs $14,420.00 with United — 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 STARPerinate $1,996.38
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,996.38
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1,996.38
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1,996.38
United CHIP $1,996.38
United STAR $1,996.38
United STARKids $1,996.38
United STARPLUS $1,996.38
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,096.20
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2,096.20
Amerigroup CHIP $2,096.20
Molina MCDSTAR $2,196.02
Molina CHIP $2,196.02
Molina STAR+PLUS $2,196.02
Molina STARKIDS $2,196.02
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna Better Health CHIP $2,395.66
Aetna Better Health MCD $2,395.66
Humana MGMCD $2,495.48
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
WellMed MGMCR $4,179.89
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS BluePremier $5,498.40
Oscar HIX $6,587.00
Curative Administrators COMM $7,799.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,433.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8,743.98
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8,743.98
Cigna LocalPlus $8,843.00
Cigna NewBusiness $8,852.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $9,813.11
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $9,813.11
Cigna NetworkBenefit $9,880.00
Cigna HMO $9,880.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9,880.00
United SmallGroup $10,218.00
BCBS EPOSOA $10,309.49
BCBS PPO $10,767.69
Cigna AllOther $12,499.00
United AllPayerAppendix $14,420.00

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Xcapsl ctrc rmvl cplx w/ecp at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $4,772.91 – $8,715.36
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $1,996.38 – $7,184.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1,956.45 – $6,109.33
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,142.19 – $7,827.58
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $7,334.00 – $8,133.04
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1,956.45 – $6,643.89
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,956.45 – $6,796.63
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $2,142.19 – $6,796.63

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