Echo transthoracic 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

$7,339.80

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.

$7,339.80

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.

$216.89 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $7,339.80 with Unicare — 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 $216.89 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $220.19 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $220.19 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $220.19 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $220.19 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $220.19 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $220.19 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $220.19 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $220.19 ↓ -97%
United STAR $220.19 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $220.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $231.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $237.81 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $237.81 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $242.21 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $242.21 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $242.21 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $242.21 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $275.24 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $411.65 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $479.68 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $479.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $513.79 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $513.79 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $513.79 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $513.79 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $513.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $849.47 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $849.47 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $891.34 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $933.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $990.87 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $990.87 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,027.57 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $1,216.70 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,291.80 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,460.62 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $1,526.68 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $1,563.38 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $1,563.38 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,798.25 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $1,834.95 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $1,842.29 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,893.67 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,937.71 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,937.71 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,165.24 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,165.24 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $2,165.24 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,480.85 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $2,737.75 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,935.92 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,258.87 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $3,302.91 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,302.91 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,669.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,868.07 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $4,036.89 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,036.89 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,036.89 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,036.89 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,257.08 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $4,403.88 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,137.86 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,137.86 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $5,137.86 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,137.86 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $5,358.05 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,504.85 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,504.85 ↓ -25%
Randalls Food Market PPO $5,871.84 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,871.84 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $5,871.84 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,238.83 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,339.80 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,339.80 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $7,339.80 ↑ +0%

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