Echo transesophageal 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

$11,814.79

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.

$11,814.79

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.

$10.86 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $11,814.79 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $10.86 ↓ -100%
United STARPerinate $11.03 ↓ -100%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $11.03 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $11.03 ↓ -100%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $11.03 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.03 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup CHIP $11.03 ↓ -100%
United CHIP $11.03 ↓ -100%
United STAR $11.03 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $11.03 ↓ -100%
United STARPLUS $11.03 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.58 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.91 ↓ -100%
Molina STARKIDS $12.13 ↓ -100%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.13 ↓ -100%
Molina CHIP $12.13 ↓ -100%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.13 ↓ -100%
Humana MGMCD $13.79 ↓ -100%
BCBS BluePremier $28.06 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.70 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.70 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $57.90 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $57.90 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $60.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $63.61 ↓ -99%
Humana COMM $83.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $827.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $827.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $827.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $827.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $827.04 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $1,595.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $1,595.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,654.07 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $2,079.40 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $2,351.14 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $2,457.48 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $2,516.55 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $2,516.55 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,894.62 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $2,953.70 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $2,965.51 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $3,048.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $3,119.10 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $3,119.10 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,485.36 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $3,485.36 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,485.36 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,993.40 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $4,406.92 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,725.92 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $5,245.77 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $5,316.66 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $5,316.66 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,907.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $6,226.39 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6,498.13 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $6,498.13 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6,498.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6,498.13 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6,852.58 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $7,088.87 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8,270.35 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $8,270.35 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8,270.35 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8,270.35 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $8,624.80 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8,861.09 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,861.09 ↓ -25%
Randalls Food Market PPO $9,451.83 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $9,451.83 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $9,451.83 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10,042.57 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $11,814.79 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $11,814.79 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,814.79 ↑ +0%

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Echo transesophageal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $593.07 $11.03 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $913.34 $35.91 – $1,370.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $913.33 $11.03 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $593.07 $11.03 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $913.34 $11.80 – $1,370.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $913.34 $11.03 – $1,370.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $913.33 $11.03 – $1,370.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $593.07 $11.03 – $1,366.64

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