Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$2,983.91

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.

$2,983.91

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.

$208.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,983.91 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $208.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $208.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $208.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $208.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $208.87 ↓ -93%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $295.88 ↓ -90%
United STARPLUS $300.39 ↓ -90%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $300.39 ↓ -90%
United STARKids $300.39 ↓ -90%
United STAR $300.39 ↓ -90%
United CHIP $300.39 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $300.39 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup CHIP $300.39 ↓ -90%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $300.39 ↓ -90%
United STARPerinate $300.39 ↓ -90%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $300.39 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $315.41 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MCD $324.42 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $324.42 ↓ -89%
Molina MCDSTAR $330.43 ↓ -89%
Molina STAR+PLUS $330.43 ↓ -89%
Molina CHIP $330.43 ↓ -89%
Molina STARKIDS $330.43 ↓ -89%
Humana MGMCD $375.49 ↓ -87%
BCBS BluePremier $380.34 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $402.83 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $405.08 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $405.08 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $417.75 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $470.37 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $525.17 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -80%
Aetna NewBusiness $644.93 ↓ -78%
Aetna Meritain $690.86 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMM $690.86 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $731.06 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $745.98 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $769.85 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $810.29 ↓ -73%
Humana COMM $924.71 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,008.56 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,193.56 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,202.87 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,202.87 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,261.62 ↓ -58%
BCBS PPO $1,320.37 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $1,324.86 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,342.76 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,342.76 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,491.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,572.52 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,641.15 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,641.15 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,641.15 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,641.15 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,730.67 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $1,790.35 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,088.74 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,088.74 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $2,088.74 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,088.74 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,178.25 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,237.93 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,237.93 ↓ -25%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,387.13 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,387.13 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $2,387.13 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,536.32 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,983.91 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,983.91 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,983.91 ↑ +0%

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