Evaluation heart device at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$8,602.84
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.
$8,602.84
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.
$442.26 with BCBS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $442.26 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $515.35 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $515.35 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $912.64 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $912.64 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $957.61 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,002.59 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,161.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $1,161.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,204.40 | ↓ -86% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,514.10 | ↓ -82% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,628.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $1,634.54 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,711.97 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,789.39 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,832.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,832.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,150.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $2,159.31 | ↓ -75% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,271.15 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,271.15 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,537.84 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,537.84 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,537.84 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,907.76 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,208.86 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,819.66 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,871.28 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,301.42 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,533.70 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,731.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,731.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,731.56 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,731.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,989.65 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,161.70 | ↓ -40% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $5,591.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $5,591.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $6,021.99 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $6,021.99 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,021.99 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,021.99 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $6,280.07 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,452.13 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,452.13 | ↓ -25% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $6,882.27 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $6,882.27 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,882.27 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,312.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $8,300.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Unicare | MCD | $8,602.84 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,602.84 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $8,602.84 | ↑ +0% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $26,766.00 | ↑ +211% |
| Humana | COMM | $27,514.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $29,597.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +410% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,469.10 | $575.32 – $4,914.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,221.39 | $565.95 – $4,832.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,368.17 | $473.63 – $2,960.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,469.10 | $438.52 – $4,914.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,221.39 | $691.51 – $4,832.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,221.39 | $1,664.38 – $4,832.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,368.17 | $565.95 – $3,552.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,469.10 | $575.32 – $4,914.56 |