Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$1,282.32
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.
$1,282.32
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.
$27.54 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 | $27.54 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $27.96 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $27.96 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $27.96 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $27.96 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $27.96 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $27.96 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $27.96 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $27.96 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $29.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $29.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $29.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $30.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $30.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $30.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $30.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $33.55 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $33.55 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $34.95 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $40.35 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | COMM | $94.21 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $134.40 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $134.40 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $172.89 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $172.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $173.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $179.52 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $181.58 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | PPO | $189.96 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $225.69 | ↓ -82% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $309.89 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $320.58 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $433.42 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $569.35 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $577.04 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $641.16 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $675.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $705.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $705.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $705.28 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $705.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $743.75 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $769.39 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $897.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $897.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $897.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $897.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $936.09 | ↓ -27% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | ↓ -26% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $961.74 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $961.74 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,025.86 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,025.86 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,089.97 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,282.32 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,282.32 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,282.32 | ↑ +0% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↑ +13% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,628.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | ↑ +61% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,514.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,515.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,808.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,808.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,808.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,553.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↑ +238% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $592.44 | $27.96 – $888.66 |
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