Brief chkin, 5-10, non-e/m at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
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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.
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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.
$9.94 with Humana vs $73.24 with BCBS — 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 |
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| Humana | Tricare | $9.94 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $10.25 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $13.58 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $13.58 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $13.65 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $13.72 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $13.72 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $13.72 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $13.72 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $13.72 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $13.72 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $13.72 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $13.72 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $13.72 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $13.72 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.84 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $13.86 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $13.99 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $14.13 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $14.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $14.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $14.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $14.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $14.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $14.41 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $14.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $14.41 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $14.41 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $14.54 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $14.54 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $14.95 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $14.95 | — |
| Molina | MME | $14.95 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $15.09 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $16.46 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $17.84 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $20.58 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $20.58 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $20.58 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $20.58 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $20.58 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $24.56 | — |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $26.07 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $27.17 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $30.73 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $30.73 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $32.31 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $35.95 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $37.65 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $37.65 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $66.67 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $66.67 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $69.96 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $73.24 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brief chkin, 5-10, non-e/m at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $31.50 | $10.54 – $11.47 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $52.71 – $52.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $10.78 – $30.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $10.78 – $30.49 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $46.68 – $46.68 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $8.97 – $29.50 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $9.24 – $30.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $10.78 – $30.49 |