Electrophysiologic study at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$4,781.24
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.
$4,781.24
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.
$631.03 with Humana vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 | COMM | $631.03 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $645.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | IFP | $645.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $669.37 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $841.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $951.47 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,018.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,018.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,195.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,200.09 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,262.25 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,262.25 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,410.47 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,410.47 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,410.47 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,616.06 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,783.40 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,122.87 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,151.56 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,390.62 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,519.71 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,629.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,629.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,629.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,629.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,773.12 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,868.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $3,346.87 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,346.87 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $3,346.87 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,346.87 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $3,490.31 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,585.93 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,585.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $3,824.99 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,824.99 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $3,824.99 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,064.05 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,781.24 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,781.24 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,781.24 | ↑ +0% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $5,591.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $5,591.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $8,300.00 | ↑ +74% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $16,185.70 | ↑ +239% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $16,185.70 | ↑ +239% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $20,364.56 | ↑ +326% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $25,253.00 | ↑ +428% |
| United | SmallGroup | $25,454.00 | ↑ +432% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $26,766.00 | ↑ +460% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $28,663.41 | ↑ +499% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $28,663.41 | ↑ +499% |
| Oscar | HIX | $29,429.00 | ↑ +516% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $29,597.00 | ↑ +519% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $30,075.98 | ↑ +529% |
| BCBS | PPO | $31,488.55 | ↑ +559% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33,939.00 | ↑ +610% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +818% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $8,760.47 | $2,482.13 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $6,067.85 | $1,248.97 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,371.24 | $1,274.25 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $8,760.47 | $2,336.12 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $6,067.85 | $1,947.78 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $6,067.85 | $3,135.06 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $6,371.24 | $2,123.75 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $8,760.47 | $2,336.12 – $18,500.61 |