Convert nephrostomy catheter 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

$5,649.66

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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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$5,649.66

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.

$643.01 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $10,853.00 with Cigna — 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 $643.01 ↓ -89%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $652.80 ↓ -88%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $652.80 ↓ -88%
United CHIP $652.80 ↓ -88%
United STARPLUS $652.80 ↓ -88%
United STARKids $652.80 ↓ -88%
United STAR $652.80 ↓ -88%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $652.80 ↓ -88%
United STARPerinate $652.80 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MGMCD $685.44 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup CHIP $685.44 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $685.44 ↓ -88%
Molina STAR+PLUS $718.08 ↓ -87%
Molina CHIP $718.08 ↓ -87%
Molina STARKIDS $718.08 ↓ -87%
Molina MCDSTAR $718.08 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $762.70 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $783.36 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MCD $783.36 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $790.95 ↓ -86%
Humana MGMCD $816.00 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $994.34 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00 ↓ -78%
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $1,412.41 ↓ -75%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,562.00 ↓ -72%
United SmallGroup $1,603.00 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,909.59 ↓ -66%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -64%
WellMed MGMCR $2,110.41 ↓ -63%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS BluePremier $2,303.01 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $2,508.45 ↓ -56%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2,542.35 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,824.83 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,977.37 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $3,107.31 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,107.31 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,107.31 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,107.31 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,276.80 ↓ -42%
Oscar HIX $3,293.00 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $3,389.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,954.76 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,954.76 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $3,954.76 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,954.76 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4,092.28 ↓ -28%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,092.28 ↓ -28%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4,124.25 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,237.24 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,237.24 ↓ -25%
Humana COMM $4,321.55 ↓ -24%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↓ -23%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,519.73 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $4,519.73 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,802.21 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueEssentials $5,048.92 ↓ -11%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $5,048.92 ↓ -11%
BCBS EPOSOA $5,296.93 ↓ -6%
BCBS PPO $5,544.95 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,649.66 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,649.66 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5,649.66 ↑ +0%
Cigna LocalPlus $7,679.00 ↑ +36%
Cigna NewBusiness $7,687.00 ↑ +36%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8,580.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna HMO $8,580.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $8,580.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna AllOther $10,853.00 ↑ +92%

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