Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$2,842.10

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.

$2,842.10

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.

$188.59 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $2,842.10 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.

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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 $188.59 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $191.46 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $191.46 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $191.46 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $191.46 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $191.46 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $191.46 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $191.46 ↓ -93%
United STAR $191.46 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $191.46 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $191.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $198.95 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $198.95 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $198.95 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $198.95 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $198.95 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $201.03 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $206.78 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $206.78 ↓ -93%
Molina CHIP $210.61 ↓ -93%
Molina STAR+PLUS $210.61 ↓ -93%
Molina STARKIDS $210.61 ↓ -93%
Molina MCDSTAR $210.61 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $239.33 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPHIX $383.68 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $383.68 ↓ -87%
BCBS BluePremier $387.84 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $397.89 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $451.94 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $451.94 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $500.21 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $565.58 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $591.16 ↓ -79%
Cigna LocalPlus $592.95 ↓ -79%
Cigna NewBusiness $593.54 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $605.37 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $605.37 ↓ -79%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $662.28 ↓ -77%
Cigna HMO $662.28 ↓ -77%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $662.28 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $696.31 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $710.52 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $713.37 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $733.26 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $800.34 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $800.34 ↓ -72%
Cigna AllOther $838.20 ↓ -71%
BCBS EPOSOA $839.78 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $879.22 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $960.63 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $1,127.42 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,136.84 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,261.89 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,278.94 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,278.94 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,421.05 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,497.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,563.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,563.15 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,563.15 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,563.15 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,648.42 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $1,705.26 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,989.47 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,989.47 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $1,989.47 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,989.47 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,074.73 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,131.57 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,131.57 ↓ -25%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,273.68 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,273.68 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $2,273.68 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,415.78 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,842.10 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,842.10 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,842.10 ↑ +0%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,602.58 $632.71 – $632.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,224.72 $252.09 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,530.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,224.72 $200.94 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,837.08

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