Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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

$434.60

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.

$434.60

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.

$2.97 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $434.60 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 CHIP $2.97 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.97 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $4.10 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $4.16 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.16 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $4.16 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $4.16 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $4.16 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.16 ↓ -99%
United STAR $4.16 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.16 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.37 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.49 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.49 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $4.58 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $4.58 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.58 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $4.58 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.93 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $4.95 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $4.95 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.95 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $4.95 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.95 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $4.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.95 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $4.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.95 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.95 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.95 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.95 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.95 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.95 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $4.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.99 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.20 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.20 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.20 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $5.20 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $5.20 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.25 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.25 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.36 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $5.40 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $5.40 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $5.40 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.45 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $6.30 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.44 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.43 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.43 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.43 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.43 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.66 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.66 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.67 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $8.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $9.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $9.24 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.40 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $10.44 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $10.87 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $11.09 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $11.09 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12.23 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $12.23 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $12.82 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $12.87 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.97 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $13.41 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $19.37 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $19.39 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna HMO $21.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna AllOther $27.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $30.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $30.42 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $54.98 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $58.67 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $60.84 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $76.49 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $106.48 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $108.65 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $112.13 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $146.89 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $192.96 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $195.57 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $195.57 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $217.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $229.03 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $239.03 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $239.03 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $239.03 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $239.03 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $252.07 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $260.76 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $304.22 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $304.22 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $304.22 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $304.22 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $317.26 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $325.95 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $325.95 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $347.68 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $347.68 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $347.68 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $369.41 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $434.60 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $434.60 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $434.60 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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