Echo transesophageal intraop at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$2,834.76
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.
$2,834.76
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.
$198.43 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,834.76 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $198.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $198.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $198.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $198.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $198.43 | ↓ -93% |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $245.52 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STARPerinate | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STARPLUS | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STAR | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| United | CHIP | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| United | STARKids | $249.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $261.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $269.20 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $269.20 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $274.19 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $274.19 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | CHIP | $274.19 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $274.19 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $311.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $382.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $382.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $396.87 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $498.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $564.12 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $589.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $603.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $603.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $694.52 | ↓ -75% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $708.69 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | COMM | $711.22 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $711.52 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $731.37 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $748.38 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $748.38 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $836.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $836.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $836.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $958.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,057.37 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,133.90 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1,173.72 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,258.63 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,275.64 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,275.64 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,367.68 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,367.68 | ↓ -52% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,417.38 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,493.92 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,559.12 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,559.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,559.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,559.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,644.16 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,700.86 | ↓ -40% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,984.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,984.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $1,984.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,984.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,069.37 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,126.07 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,126.07 | ↓ -25% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $2,267.81 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,267.81 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,267.81 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,409.55 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,422.05 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,422.05 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,541.41 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,660.77 | ↓ -6% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,834.76 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,834.76 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,834.76 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $2,734.24 | $257.31 – $3,417.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $2,734.24 | $257.31 – $3,417.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $2,734.24 | $257.31 – $3,417.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $2,734.24 | $257.31 – $3,417.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,734.24 | $257.31 – $3,417.80 |