Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in 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

$366.00

Cash price

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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.

$366.00

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.

$20.06 with BCBS vs $274.50 with HealthSmart Preferred Care — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $22.73 ↓ -94%
Humana Tricare $22.74 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.98 ↓ -94%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $22.98 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $23.32 ↓ -94%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $23.44 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health SNP $23.44 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health HMO $23.44 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health POS $23.44 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MCR $23.44 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MME $23.44 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCR $23.44 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health PPO $23.44 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $23.44 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup DualEligible $23.44 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $23.64 ↓ -94%
Care N Care MGMCR $23.67 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $23.91 ↓ -93%
WellCare MGMCR $24.14 ↓ -93%
Integranet MGMCR $24.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $24.61 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $24.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $24.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $24.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $24.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $24.61 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantge MCR $24.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $24.61 ↓ -93%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $24.85 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $24.85 ↓ -93%
Molina MMP $25.55 ↓ -93%
Molina MCR $25.55 ↓ -93%
Molina MME $25.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $25.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $25.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.62 ↓ -93%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $25.78 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $25.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $25.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $27.12 ↓ -93%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.13 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $28.27 ↓ -92%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $30.47 ↓ -92%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $35.16 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $35.16 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $35.16 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $35.16 ↓ -90%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $35.16 ↓ -90%
Superior ValueHMO $41.96 ↓ -89%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $44.54 ↓ -88%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $46.41 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $49.41 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $49.41 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $51.24 ↓ -86%
Superior HMO $52.51 ↓ -86%
Superior EPO $52.51 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare HIX $61.41 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $64.42 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $72.83 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $76.13 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $77.96 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $77.96 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $89.67 ↓ -76%
Aetna OON $91.87 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $96.62 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $96.62 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $107.97 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.97 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $107.97 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $123.71 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $132.34 ↓ -64%
Cigna AllOther $136.52 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $146.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $162.50 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $192.88 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $256.20 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $267.18 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $274.50 ↓ -25%

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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $30.74 $21.97 – $21.97
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $269.68 $6.25 – $44.10
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $20.64 $1.58 – $6.30
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $269.68 $24.01 – $41.65
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $94.71 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $94.71 not published
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $269.68 $17.77 – $54.39
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $94.71 not published

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