Diathermy eg microwave at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$96.50
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.
$96.50
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.
$6.63 with Humana vs $179.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Tricare | $6.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $6.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $6.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $6.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $6.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $6.75 | ↓ -93% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $6.83 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $6.83 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $6.83 | ↓ -93% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $7.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | POS | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | MME | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MGMCR | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| United | MGMCR | $7.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | MCR | $7.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $7.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $7.20 | ↓ -93% |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $7.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $7.27 | ↓ -92% |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $7.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $7.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $7.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $7.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $7.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $7.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $7.41 | ↓ -92% |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $7.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $7.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $7.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MCR | $7.70 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MMP | $7.70 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MME | $7.70 | ↓ -92% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $7.77 | ↓ -92% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $8.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $9.18 | ↓ -90% |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $10.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $10.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $10.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $10.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $10.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $12.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $13.03 | ↓ -86% |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $13.41 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $13.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $13.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior | EPO | $15.81 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior | HMO | $15.81 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $16.98 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $17.02 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $18.50 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $19.83 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $19.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Oscar | HIX | $20.07 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $24.13 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $32.62 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $35.11 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $35.11 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $36.84 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | PPO | $38.57 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $42.85 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $43.42 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $43.42 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $48.25 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | COMM | $48.93 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $50.86 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $53.08 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $53.08 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $53.08 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $53.08 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $55.97 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $57.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $67.55 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $67.55 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $67.55 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $67.55 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $70.44 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $72.38 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $72.38 | ↓ -25% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $77.20 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $77.20 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $77.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $82.03 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $96.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $96.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $96.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $106.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $143.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $155.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | COMM | $155.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | OON | $179.00 | ↑ +85% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $38.75 | $10.53 – $317.00 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $16.51 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) | Luling | $32.13 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) | Burnet | $32.13 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $32.13 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $32.13 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $17.37 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $33.78 | $6.46 – $33.15 |