Culture type pulse field gel at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
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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.
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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.
$4.64 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $69.65 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.
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 |
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| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $4.64 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $4.64 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $6.40 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $6.50 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $6.50 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $6.50 | — |
| United | STARKids | $6.50 | — |
| United | CHIP | $6.50 | — |
| United | STAR | $6.50 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $6.50 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $6.50 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $6.83 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $7.02 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $7.02 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $7.15 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $7.15 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $7.15 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $7.15 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $7.70 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $7.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $7.74 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $7.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $7.74 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $7.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $7.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $7.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $7.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $7.74 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $7.74 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $7.74 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $7.74 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $7.74 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $7.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $7.74 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $7.81 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $7.82 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $7.89 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $7.97 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $7.97 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $8.13 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $8.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $8.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $8.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $8.13 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $8.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $8.13 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $8.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $8.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $8.13 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $8.20 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $8.20 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $8.38 | — |
| Molina | MME | $8.44 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $8.44 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $8.44 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $8.51 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $9.29 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $9.84 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $10.06 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $11.61 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $11.61 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $11.61 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $11.61 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $11.61 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $13.54 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $13.54 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $13.55 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $13.85 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $14.43 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $14.43 | — |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $14.71 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $15.33 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $16.33 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $16.98 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $17.34 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $17.34 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $19.12 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $19.12 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $20.05 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $20.12 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $20.28 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $20.98 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $29.68 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $29.71 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $33.15 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $33.15 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $33.15 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $41.96 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $69.65 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture type pulse field gel at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $197.09 | $5.98 – $246.36 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $6.97 – $29.80 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $6.50 – $19.46 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $6.37 – $32.04 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $6.50 – $32.04 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $16.90 – $33.75 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $6.37 – $32.04 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $6.37 – $32.04 |