Albuterol non-comp con 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

$16.47

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.

$16.47

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.

$0.17 with Humana vs $16.47 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
Humana Tricare $0.17 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.18 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.35 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.43 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $0.43 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.51 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.51 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.53 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $0.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $0.58 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $0.97 ↓ -94%
Cigna LocalPlus $0.97 ↓ -94%
Humana COMM $1.07 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $1.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.15 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.15 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $1.37 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $2.22 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $2.22 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $2.31 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $2.90 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $3.51 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $3.51 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $4.12 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $4.13 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $5.57 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $7.31 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $7.41 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $8.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $8.68 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $9.06 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $9.06 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $9.06 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $9.06 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $9.55 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $9.88 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $11.53 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $11.53 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $11.53 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $12.02 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $12.35 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12.35 ↓ -25%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $13.18 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $13.18 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $13.18 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $14.00 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $16.47 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $16.47 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $16.47 ↑ +0%

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Albuterol non-comp con at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $40.82 $0.18 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $5.40 $0.18 – $1.46
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $34.33 $0.37 – $0.57
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $20.22 $0.20 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $7.50 $0.20 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $7.65 $0.18 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $13.23 $0.18 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $9.25 $0.20 – $1.46

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