Artery x-rays chest at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$9,341.43
Cash price 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.
$9,341.43
Gross charge 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.
$162.92 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $11,833.37 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $162.92 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $165.40 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $173.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $174.18 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $178.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $178.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $181.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $181.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $181.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $181.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $206.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $238.82 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $255.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $255.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OON | $300.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $413.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $413.87 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | HMO | $461.80 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $461.80 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $461.80 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | COMM | $463.90 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $584.46 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $594.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $594.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $594.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $594.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $594.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,146.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,188.79 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,494.48 | ↓ -84% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,080.39 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,122.85 | ↓ -77% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,190.78 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,870.09 | ↓ -69% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3,365.20 | ↓ -64% |
| United | SmallGroup | $3,365.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,396.56 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $3,408.67 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3,630.38 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $3,630.38 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,770.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,821.13 | ↓ -59% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,821.13 | ↓ -59% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,245.69 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,474.96 | ↓ -52% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,670.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,670.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,670.26 | ↓ -50% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,670.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,925.01 | ↓ -47% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,094.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,943.97 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $5,943.97 | ↓ -36% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,943.97 | ↓ -36% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $5,943.97 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $6,198.71 | ↓ -34% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,368.54 | ↓ -32% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,368.54 | ↓ -32% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↓ -31% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,793.11 | ↓ -27% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $6,793.11 | ↓ -27% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $6,793.11 | ↓ -27% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,217.68 | ↓ -23% |
| Unicare | MCD | $8,491.39 | ↓ -9% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,491.39 | ↓ -9% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $8,491.39 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $10,780.28 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $10,780.28 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $11,306.82 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS | PPO | $11,833.37 | ↑ +27% |
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