Contrast x-ray of hip at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$1,516.94
Cash price 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.
$1,516.94
Gross charge 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.
$106.19 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,630.50 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $106.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $106.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $106.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $106.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $106.19 | ↓ -93% |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $127.37 | ↓ -92% |
| United | STAR | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STARPerinate | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| United | CHIP | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STARPLUS | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STARKids | $129.31 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $135.78 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $139.65 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $139.65 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $142.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | CHIP | $142.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $142.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $142.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $161.64 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $180.63 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $204.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $212.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $247.67 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMM | $265.31 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $265.31 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $266.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | COMM | $297.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | OON | $311.17 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $371.65 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $379.24 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $391.37 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $400.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $400.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $446.79 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $446.79 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $446.79 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $469.68 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $500.22 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $500.22 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $512.73 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $565.47 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $606.78 | ↓ -60% |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | ↓ -59% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $673.52 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $682.62 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $682.62 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $758.47 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $799.43 | ↓ -47% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $834.32 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $834.32 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $834.32 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $834.32 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $879.83 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $910.16 | ↓ -40% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,061.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,061.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,061.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $1,061.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,107.37 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,137.70 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,137.70 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,213.55 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $1,213.55 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $1,213.55 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,289.40 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | ↓ -2% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,516.94 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,516.94 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,516.94 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | ↑ +7% |
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Contrast x-ray of hip at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $520.38 | $129.31 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,006.12 | $207.09 – $1,509.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $923.65 | $129.31 – $1,154.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $520.38 | $129.31 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,006.12 | $138.36 – $1,509.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,006.12 | $129.31 – $1,509.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $923.65 | $129.31 – $1,385.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $520.38 | $129.31 – $952.69 |