Below knee cushion socket 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.

$844.61 with Humana vs $4,919.24 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
Humana Tricare $844.61
BCBS MGMCRHMO $853.66
BCBS MCRPPO $853.66
WellMed MGMCR $866.38
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $870.73
Humana MGMCR $870.73
Devoted Health HMO $870.73
United MGMCR $870.73
Amerigroup DualEligible $870.73
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $870.73
Devoted Health POS $870.73
Devoted Health MCR $870.73
Devoted Health MME $870.73
Devoted Health PPO $870.73
Devoted Health SNP $870.73
Aetna MCR $878.13
Care N Care MGMCR $879.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $888.14
WellCare MGMCR $896.85
Integranet MGMCR $896.85
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $914.27
ProCare Advantge MCR $914.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $914.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $914.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $914.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $914.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $914.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $914.27
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $922.97
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $922.97
Molina MCR $949.10
Molina MMP $949.10
Molina MME $949.10
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $957.80
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,044.88
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1,131.95
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $1,306.10
Bravo Health MCRHMO $1,306.10
Bravo Health MCRPOS $1,306.10
Bravo Health MCRPPO $1,306.10
Bravo Health MCRSNP $1,306.10
Superior ValueHMO $1,558.61
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,654.39
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,724.05
Superior HMO $1,950.44
Superior EPO $1,950.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,281.31
Humana COMM $4,919.24

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Below knee cushion socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $853.32 – $1,872.07
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $853.32 – $1,872.07
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $853.32 – $1,872.07
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $853.32 – $1,872.07
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $853.32 – $1,872.07
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $853.32 – $1,872.07
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $853.32 – $1,872.07
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $853.32 – $1,872.07

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