Bundled special stain group 2 at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$873.47
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.
$873.47
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.
$33.84 with United vs $873.47 with Unicare — 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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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -96% |
| United | SmallGroup | $33.84 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $33.84 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $58.50 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $58.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $61.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $61.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $61.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $61.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $61.14 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $70.54 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $82.57 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $82.57 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $86.58 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | PPO | $90.60 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $91.48 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $117.92 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $122.29 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $126.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $134.20 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | COMM | $134.20 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $153.73 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | OON | $157.93 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $181.68 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $214.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $218.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $225.36 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $269.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $269.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $295.23 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $301.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | HMO | $301.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $301.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $381.14 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $387.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $393.06 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $393.06 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $436.74 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $460.32 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $480.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $480.41 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $480.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $480.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | COMM | $500.94 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $506.61 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $524.08 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $611.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $611.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $611.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $611.43 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $637.63 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $655.10 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $655.10 | ↓ -25% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $698.78 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $698.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $698.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $742.45 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $873.47 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $873.47 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $873.47 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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