#creutz-prot.,western blot 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.

$17.53 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $262.84 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $17.53
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $17.53
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $24.17
Amerigroup CHIP $24.54
United STARPerinate $24.54
United STARPLUS $24.54
United STARKids $24.54
United CHIP $24.54
United STAR $24.54
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $24.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.54
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $25.77
Aetna Better Health CHIP $26.50
Aetna Better Health MCD $26.50
Molina MCDSTAR $26.99
Molina STAR+PLUS $26.99
Molina CHIP $26.99
Molina STARKIDS $26.99
WellMed MGMCR $29.06
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $29.21
Devoted Health MME $29.21
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.21
Devoted Health PPO $29.21
United MGMCR $29.21
Devoted Health SNP $29.21
Devoted Health HMO $29.21
Devoted Health POS $29.21
Devoted Health MCR $29.21
BCBS MGMCRHMO $29.21
BCBS MCRPPO $29.21
Humana MGMCR $29.21
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.21
United SmallGroup $29.21
Aetna MCR $29.46
Care N Care MGMCR $29.50
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $29.79
WellCare MGMCR $30.09
Integranet MGMCR $30.09
Humana Tricare $30.66
Humana MGMCD $30.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $30.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $30.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $30.67
ProCare Advantge MCR $30.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $30.67
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $30.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $30.67
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $30.67
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $30.96
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $30.96
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $31.61
Molina MME $31.84
Molina MMP $31.84
Molina MCR $31.84
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $32.13
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.05
Aetna QHPHIX $37.16
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $37.97
Bravo Health MCRSNP $43.81
Bravo Health MCRPPO $43.81
Bravo Health MCRPOS $43.81
Bravo Health MCRHMO $43.81
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $43.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.12
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $51.12
Aetna NewBusiness $51.19
Superior ValueHMO $52.29
Aetna Meritain $54.52
Aetna COMM $54.52
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $55.50
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $57.84
BCBS BluePremier $61.63
Aetna OON $64.16
Superior HMO $65.43
Superior EPO $65.43
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $72.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $72.15
BCBS EPOSOA $75.65
Oscar HIX $75.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $76.53
BCBS PPO $79.16
Cigna LocalPlus $111.06
Cigna NewBusiness $111.18
Cigna NetworkBenefit $124.05
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $124.05
Cigna HMO $124.05
Cigna AllOther $157.00
Humana COMM $262.84
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $446.73 $10.00 – $106.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $446.73 $12.00 – $127.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $446.73 $12.00 – $106.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $446.73 $8.00 – $127.20
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