Arthrp w/prostc dstl rds 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

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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.

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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $37,249.22 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $7,008.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $7,092.00
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $7,537.99
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $7,652.78
United CHIP $7,652.78
United STAR $7,652.78
United STARKids $7,652.78
United STARPLUS $7,652.78
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7,652.78
United STARPerinate $7,652.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $7,652.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8,035.42
Amerigroup MGMCD $8,035.42
Amerigroup CHIP $8,035.42
Molina MCDSTAR $8,418.06
Molina STARKIDS $8,418.06
Molina CHIP $8,418.06
Molina STAR+PLUS $8,418.06
Aetna Better Health MCD $9,183.34
Aetna Better Health CHIP $9,183.34
Humana MGMCD $9,565.98
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9,733.00
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00
Evry Health COMM $10,763.00
Humana COMM $11,743.00
WellMed MGMCR $12,961.68
BCBS BluePremier $15,470.92
United SmallGroup $15,979.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16,185.00
Cigna LocalPlus $20,013.00
Cigna NewBusiness $20,033.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $22,360.00
Cigna HMO $22,360.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22,360.00
United AllPayerAppendix $22,660.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $27,490.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27,490.64
Cigna AllOther $28,286.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $33,917.02
BCBS BlueEssentials $33,917.02
BCBS EPOSOA $35,583.12
BCBS PPO $37,249.22

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