Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL

7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277

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

$3,250.91

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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.

$3,250.91

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.

$103.18 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $3,218.75 with Unicare — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $103.18 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -97%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $134.43 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $137.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $184.31 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $197.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $197.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $225.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $225.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $225.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $225.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $225.31 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $231.57 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalPlus $305.76 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $306.06 ↓ -91%
Humana COMM $333.05 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $341.51 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $341.51 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $341.51 ↓ -89%
Cigna AllOther $432.22 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $434.53 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $450.63 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $566.50 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $788.59 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $804.69 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $830.44 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,087.94 ↓ -67%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,287.50 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,429.13 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,448.44 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,448.44 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,609.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,696.28 ↓ -48%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,770.31 ↓ -46%
Aetna WCOMP $1,770.31 ↓ -46%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,770.31 ↓ -46%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,770.31 ↓ -46%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,866.88 ↓ -43%
USC Health Services COMM $1,931.25 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,253.13 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,253.13 ↓ -31%
Jostens WCOMP $2,253.13 ↓ -31%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,253.13 ↓ -31%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,349.69 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,414.06 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,414.06 ↓ -26%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,575.00 ↓ -21%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,575.00 ↓ -21%
Randalls Food Market PPO $2,575.00 ↓ -21%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,735.94 ↓ -16%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,218.75 ↓ -1%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,218.75 ↓ -1%
Unicare MCD $3,218.75 ↓ -1%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,356.39 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $714.97 $141.23 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $537.43 $99.77 – $671.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $714.97 $99.77 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $714.97 $104.75 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $537.43 $99.77 – $806.14

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