Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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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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.

$0.01 with Humana vs $12.42 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.

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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 $0.01
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.01
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
United SmallGroup $0.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
Cigna NewBusiness $0.06
Cigna LocalPlus $0.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.07
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.07
Cigna HMO $0.07
Cigna AllOther $0.09
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.10
BCBS PPO $0.11
BCBS EPOSOA $0.11
BCBS BluePremier $0.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.78
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.78
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.78
Aetna QHPHIX $1.51
Cigna IFP $1.51
Cigna QHP $1.56
United OptionsPPO $1.96
Aetna NewBusiness $2.22
Aetna Meritain $2.37
Aetna COMM $2.37
Aetna OON $2.80
Unicare CHIP $3.10
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.77
BCBS Traditional $4.95
City of McKinney COMM $5.59
Aetna ASA $5.88
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6.21
Aetna WCOMP $6.83
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6.83
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6.83
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6.83
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7.20
USC Health Services COMM $7.45
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $8.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8.36
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8.69
Jostens WCOMP $8.69
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8.69
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $9.31
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $9.94
USA Managed Care COMM $9.94
Randalls Food Market PPO $9.94
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10.56
Unicare MCD $12.42
Independent Medical Systems COMM $12.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $12.42

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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $175.50 $0.08 – $0.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27.43 $0.01 – $0.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $27.43 $0.01 – $0.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27.43 $0.01 – $0.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41

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