Electrophysiology evaluation at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$40,685.68
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.
$40,685.68
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.
$5,492.57 with Cigna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | IFP | $5,492.57 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $5,492.57 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $5,591.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $5,591.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $5,696.00 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $7,160.68 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $8,096.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $8,300.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $8,666.05 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $8,666.05 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $10,049.36 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $10,049.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $10,171.42 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $10,212.11 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $10,741.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $10,741.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $12,002.28 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $12,002.28 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $12,002.28 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $12,978.73 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $12,978.73 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $13,629.70 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $13,751.76 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $14,239.99 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $15,175.76 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $18,064.44 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $18,308.56 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $20,342.84 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $20,364.56 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $21,441.35 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $22,377.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $22,377.12 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $22,377.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $22,377.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $23,597.69 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $24,411.41 | ↓ -40% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $25,253.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United | SmallGroup | $25,454.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $26,766.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | COMM | $27,514.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $28,479.98 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $28,479.98 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $28,479.98 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $28,479.98 | ↓ -30% |
| Oscar | HIX | $29,429.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $29,597.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $29,700.55 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $30,514.26 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $30,514.26 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $32,548.54 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $32,548.54 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $32,548.54 | ↓ -20% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33,939.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $34,582.83 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $40,685.68 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $40,685.68 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $40,685.68 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +8% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $13,879.96 | $3,932.65 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $14,581.73 | $3,001.41 – $21,872.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $14,029.39 | $2,805.88 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $13,879.96 | $3,701.32 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $14,581.73 | $4,680.73 – $21,872.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $14,581.73 | $7,533.89 – $21,872.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $14,029.39 | $4,676.46 – $21,044.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $13,879.96 | $3,701.32 – $18,500.61 |