Biopsy of lip 40490 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.

$63.27 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $63.27
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $64.23
United STARPerinate $64.23
United STARPLUS $64.23
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $64.23
United STARKids $64.23
United STAR $64.23
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $64.23
United CHIP $64.23
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $67.44
Amerigroup CHIP $67.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $67.44
Molina CHIP $70.65
Molina STAR+PLUS $70.65
Molina STARKIDS $70.65
Molina MCDSTAR $70.65
Aetna Better Health MCD $77.08
Aetna Better Health CHIP $77.08
Humana MGMCD $80.29
BCBS BluePremier $104.16
WellMed MGMCR $239.12
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $346.92
BCBS MyBlueHealth $346.92
Humana COMM $379.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $446.27
BCBS BlueEssentials $446.27
BCBS EPOSOA $468.70
BCBS PPO $490.33
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,628.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00
Cigna HMO $1,757.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Biopsy of lip 40490 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $594.71 $68.73 – $892.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $579.03 $64.23 – $723.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $594.71 $68.73 – $892.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $594.71 $64.23 – $892.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $579.03 $64.23 – $868.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $594.71 $64.23 – $743.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $594.71 $64.23 – $892.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $579.03 $64.23 – $868.54

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