Cath insertion tray w/bag 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.

$14.40 with BCBS vs $95.00 with Humana — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.40
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.40
BCBS BluePremier $16.31
Humana Tricare $16.33
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.50
BCBS MCRPPO $16.50
WellMed MGMCR $16.75
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.83
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.83
Humana MGMCR $16.83
United MGMCR $16.83
Devoted Health PPO $16.83
Devoted Health SNP $16.83
Devoted Health HMO $16.83
Devoted Health POS $16.83
Devoted Health MCR $16.83
Devoted Health MME $16.83
Aetna MCR $16.97
Care N Care MGMCR $17.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.17
WellCare MGMCR $17.33
Integranet MGMCR $17.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.67
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.67
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.67
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.84
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.84
Molina MMP $18.34
Molina MME $18.34
Molina MCR $18.34
BCBS BlueEssentials $18.51
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18.51
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.51
BCBS EPOSOA $19.47
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.20
BCBS PPO $20.29
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.88
Bravo Health MCRSNP $25.24
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $25.24
Bravo Health MCRHMO $25.24
Bravo Health MCRPOS $25.24
Bravo Health MCRPPO $25.24
Superior ValueHMO $30.13
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.98
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.32
Superior HMO $37.70
Superior EPO $37.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.09
Humana COMM $95.00

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Cath insertion tray w/bag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $6.57 $15.36 – $17.14
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $51.48 $13.57 – $16.45
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $51.48 $13.57 – $16.45
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $39.87 $13.57 – $16.45
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $35.61 – $35.61
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $16.49 – $36.18
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $16.49 – $36.18
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $15.77 – $15.77

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