Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$1,037.34

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.

$1,037.34

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.

$41.80 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,037.34 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $41.80 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.44 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.44 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $42.44 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $42.44 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $42.44 ↓ -96%
United STAR $42.44 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $42.44 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $42.44 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $42.44 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $42.44 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $45.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $45.84 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $46.68 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $46.68 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $46.68 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $46.68 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $49.33 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $53.05 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $67.64 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $72.46 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $72.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $72.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $72.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $72.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $72.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $72.61 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $84.98 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $98.17 ↓ -91%
Humana COMM $99.46 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -90%
Cigna LocalPlus $113.35 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $113.46 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $126.60 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $126.60 ↓ -88%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $126.60 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $140.04 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $145.23 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $160.23 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $182.57 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $254.15 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $259.33 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $267.63 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↓ -69%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $350.62 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $414.94 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $460.58 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $466.80 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $466.80 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $518.67 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $546.68 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $570.54 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $570.54 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $570.54 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $570.54 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $601.66 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $622.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $726.14 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $726.14 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $726.14 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $726.14 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $757.26 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $778.00 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $778.00 ↓ -25%
Randalls Food Market PPO $829.87 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $829.87 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $829.87 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $881.74 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,037.34 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,037.34 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,037.34 ↑ +0%

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