Biodfence dryflex, 1cm at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$44,618.00
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.
$44,618.00
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.
$91.43 with Humana vs $44,618.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Tricare | $91.43 | ↓ -100% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $94.26 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $209.78 | ↓ -100% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $209.78 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $209.78 | ↓ -100% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $258.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $258.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $258.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $258.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $258.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | IFP | $498.69 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $498.69 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | QHP | $517.16 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $607.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $608.12 | ↓ -99% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $650.14 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $678.70 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $678.70 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | HMO | $678.70 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $735.11 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | COMM | $786.82 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $786.82 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $858.62 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $912.42 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $912.42 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | OON | $927.19 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1,078.65 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,178.39 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,178.39 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,237.49 | ↓ -97% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,248.57 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,292.90 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,640.14 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,946.74 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,696.62 | ↓ -94% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,770.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $11,154.50 | ↓ -75% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $20,078.10 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $22,309.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $24,539.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $24,539.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $24,539.90 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $24,539.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $25,878.44 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $26,770.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $31,232.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $31,232.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $31,232.60 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $33,463.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $35,694.40 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $35,694.40 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $35,694.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $37,925.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $44,618.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $44,618.00 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $44,618.00 | ↑ +0% |
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Biodfence dryflex, 1cm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL | SAGINAW | $3,150.00 | $91.43 – $607.52 |
| MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL | Irving | $30,486.00 | $91.43 – $607.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $94.26 – $242.97 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $94.26 – $242.97 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $351.40 – $351.40 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $209.78 – $242.97 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $209.78 – $242.97 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $94.26 – $242.97 |