Esophagus motility study at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$1,480.46
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,480.46
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$103.63 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,636.00 with Oscar — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 | MCDSTAR | $103.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $103.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $103.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $103.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $103.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $199.86 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $199.86 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $207.26 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $260.56 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $294.61 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $295.14 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $315.34 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $315.34 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $343.92 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $343.92 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $362.71 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OON | $371.60 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $390.84 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $390.84 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $436.74 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $436.74 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $436.74 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $500.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $552.21 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $609.04 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $609.04 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $639.06 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $657.32 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | PPO | $669.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | COMM | $753.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $780.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,036.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,080.74 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,110.35 | ↓ -25% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -2% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,628.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↑ +13% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | ↑ +78% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Esophagus motility study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,257.17 | $356.12 – $1,571.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,153.75 | $237.48 – $1,730.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,681.16 | $336.23 – $2,101.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,257.17 | $292.64 – $1,571.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,153.75 | $356.12 – $1,730.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,153.75 | $596.10 – $1,730.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,681.16 | $356.12 – $2,521.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,257.17 | $335.25 – $1,571.47 |