Artery x-rays lung at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
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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.
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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.
$114.37 with BCBS vs $9,523.31 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $114.37 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $121.80 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $121.80 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $132.97 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $134.99 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $134.99 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $134.99 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $134.99 | — |
| United | CHIP | $134.99 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $134.99 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $134.99 | — |
| United | STAR | $134.99 | — |
| United | STARKids | $134.99 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $134.99 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $135.86 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $141.74 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $145.79 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $145.79 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $148.49 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $148.49 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $148.49 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $148.49 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $168.74 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $186.28 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $199.54 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $199.54 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $234.04 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $318.43 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $318.75 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $355.67 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $355.67 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $355.67 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $361.69 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $361.69 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $379.36 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $385.57 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $397.02 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $450.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $666.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $666.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $666.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $666.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $666.63 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,285.65 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,327.01 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,327.01 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,333.26 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,676.10 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,333.21 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,380.83 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,457.01 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,218.88 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,809.32 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,228.35 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,285.49 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $4,285.49 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,761.65 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $5,018.78 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $5,237.82 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $5,237.82 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $5,237.82 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $5,237.82 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $5,523.52 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,713.99 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $6,666.32 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,666.32 | — |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $6,666.32 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,666.32 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $6,952.02 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,142.48 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $7,142.48 | — |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $7,618.65 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $7,618.65 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $7,618.65 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $8,094.81 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $9,523.31 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $9,523.31 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,523.31 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,704.33 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,168.15 | $312.41 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,079.54 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,704.33 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,168.15 | $144.44 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,168.15 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,079.54 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,704.33 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |