Assay alkaline phosphatase 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

$900.46

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.

$900.46

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.

$4.96 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $900.46 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 $4.96 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.96 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $6.84 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $6.94 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $6.94 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $6.94 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $6.94 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $6.94 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.94 ↓ -99%
United STAR $6.94 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.50 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $7.63 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $7.63 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.63 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.63 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $8.22 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $8.26 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $8.26 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $8.26 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $8.26 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $8.26 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $8.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.26 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $8.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.26 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.26 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.26 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $8.26 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.26 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.26 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $8.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $8.33 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $8.34 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.43 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $8.51 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $8.51 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.67 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.67 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.67 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $8.67 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $8.68 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.76 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.76 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.94 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $9.00 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $9.00 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $9.00 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $9.09 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $10.52 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.74 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $12.39 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $12.39 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $12.39 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $12.39 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $12.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.48 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $14.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $15.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $15.43 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.69 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $17.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $18.15 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $18.50 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $18.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $20.40 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $20.40 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $21.39 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $21.48 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $22.38 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $31.01 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $31.04 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $34.63 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.63 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $34.63 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $43.83 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $63.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $63.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $63.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $63.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $63.03 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $81.07 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $121.56 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $126.06 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $158.48 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $220.61 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $225.12 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $232.32 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $304.36 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $399.80 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $405.21 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $405.21 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $450.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $474.54 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $495.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $495.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $495.25 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $495.25 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $522.27 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $540.28 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $630.32 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $630.32 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $630.32 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $630.32 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $657.34 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $675.35 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $675.35 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $720.37 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $720.37 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $720.37 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $765.39 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $900.46 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $900.46 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $900.46 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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