ER Visit (level 3) 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

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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.

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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.

$50.59 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $2,931.00 with United — 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 $50.59
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $51.36
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $51.36
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $51.36
Humana MGMCD $64.20
Aetna Better Health CHIP $77.04
Aetna Better Health MCD $77.04
Molina CHIP $200.00
Molina MCDSTAR $200.00
Molina STARKIDS $200.00
Molina STAR+PLUS $200.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $350.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $356.49
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $356.49
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $356.49
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $356.49
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $356.49
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $356.49
Amerigroup CHIP $363.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $363.00
Cigna IFP $379.57
Cigna QHP $393.63
United OptionsPPO $494.85
Aetna QHPHIX $663.00
Unicare CHIP $702.91
Oscar HIX $855.00
Aetna NewBusiness $908.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $950.33
Aetna Meritain $972.00
Aetna COMM $972.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $992.00
BCBS BluePremier $1,057.00
Evry Health COMM $1,064.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,092.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,092.00
Aetna OON $1,143.00
BCBS Traditional $1,248.37
City of McKinney COMM $1,265.24
Curative Administrators COMM $1,359.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,405.82
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,407.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,407.00
BCBS EPOSOA $1,477.00
Aetna ASA $1,481.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,545.00
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,546.40
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,546.40
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,546.40
Aetna WCOMP $1,546.40
BCBS PPO $1,547.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,630.75
USC Health Services COMM $1,686.98
United SmallGroup $1,856.00
Humana COMM $1,929.00
Cigna LocalPlus $1,955.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,957.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,968.15
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,968.15
Jostens WCOMP $1,968.15
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,052.50
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,108.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,108.73
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,184.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,184.00
Cigna HMO $2,184.00
Randalls Food Market PPO $2,249.31
USA Managed Care COMM $2,249.31
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,389.89
Cigna AllOther $2,763.00
Unicare MCD $2,811.64
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,811.64
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,811.64
United AllPayerAppendix $2,931.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital
United STARKids not published by hospital
United STARPLUS not published by hospital
United CHIP not published by hospital
United STARPerinate not published by hospital
United STAR not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 3) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,470.35 $859.86 – $859.86
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $770.04 $218.18 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $886.75 $182.52 – $2,805.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,006.17 $201.23 – $2,805.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $770.04 $205.34 – $2,691.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $886.75 $260.51 – $2,805.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $886.75 $458.16 – $2,410.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,006.17 $260.51 – $2,410.00

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