Assay of fluoride 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.

$11.12 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $205.97 with Humana — 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 STAR $11.12
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $11.12
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $15.34
Amerigroup CHIP $15.57
United STARPerinate $15.57
United STARPLUS $15.57
United STARKids $15.57
United CHIP $15.57
United STAR $15.57
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.57
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.57
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $16.35
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.82
Molina MCDSTAR $17.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $17.13
Molina CHIP $17.13
Molina STARKIDS $17.13
WellMed MGMCR $18.45
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.54
Devoted Health MME $18.54
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.54
Devoted Health PPO $18.54
United MGMCR $18.54
Devoted Health SNP $18.54
Devoted Health HMO $18.54
Devoted Health POS $18.54
Devoted Health MCR $18.54
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.54
BCBS MCRPPO $18.54
Humana MGMCR $18.54
United AllPayerAppendix $18.54
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.54
United SmallGroup $18.54
Aetna MCR $18.70
Care N Care MGMCR $18.73
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.91
WellCare MGMCR $19.10
Integranet MGMCR $19.10
Humana MGMCD $19.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.47
Humana Tricare $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.47
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.47
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.47
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.65
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.65
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.07
Molina MME $20.21
Molina MMP $20.21
Molina MCR $20.21
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.39
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.25
Aetna QHPHIX $23.57
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.10
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.81
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.81
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.81
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.81
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.45
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.45
Aetna NewBusiness $32.47
Superior ValueHMO $33.19
Aetna Meritain $34.58
Aetna COMM $34.58
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $35.23
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.71
BCBS BluePremier $39.12
Aetna OON $40.70
Superior HMO $41.53
Superior EPO $41.53
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $45.79
BCBS BlueEssentials $45.79
BCBS EPOSOA $48.02
Oscar HIX $48.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.57
BCBS PPO $50.24
Cigna LocalPlus $71.03
Cigna NewBusiness $71.11
Cigna NetworkBenefit $79.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $79.34
Cigna HMO $79.34
Cigna AllOther $100.42
Humana COMM $205.97
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