Amino acid screen, urine 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

$1,414.61

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.

$1,414.61

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.

$8.32 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,414.61 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 $8.32 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $8.32 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $11.48 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $11.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $11.65 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $11.65 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $11.65 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $11.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.65 ↓ -99%
United STAR $11.65 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $11.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.23 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $12.58 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.58 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $12.82 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $12.82 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.82 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.82 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $13.80 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $13.87 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $13.87 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $13.87 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $13.87 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $13.87 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $13.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.87 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $13.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.87 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.87 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.87 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $13.87 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.87 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.87 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $13.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $13.99 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $14.01 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.15 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.56 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.56 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.56 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.56 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.56 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.56 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.56 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.56 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $14.56 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $14.56 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.70 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.70 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.01 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $15.12 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $15.12 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $15.12 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.26 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $17.64 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $18.03 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.80 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.80 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.80 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.80 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.80 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $24.27 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $24.29 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $24.83 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $25.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $25.88 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $26.35 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $29.27 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $30.45 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $31.07 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $31.07 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $34.26 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $34.26 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $35.92 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $36.06 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $37.59 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $52.95 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $53.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $59.14 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $59.14 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $59.14 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $74.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $99.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $99.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $99.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $99.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $99.02 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $154.14 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $190.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $198.05 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $248.97 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $346.58 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $353.65 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $364.97 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $478.14 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $628.09 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $636.57 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $636.57 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $707.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $745.50 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $778.04 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $778.04 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $778.04 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $778.04 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $820.47 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $848.77 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $990.23 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $990.23 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $990.23 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $990.23 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,032.67 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,060.96 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,060.96 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,131.69 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,131.69 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $1,131.69 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,202.42 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,414.61 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,414.61 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,414.61 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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