F-18 fdg pet diag at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$8,958.05
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.
$8,958.05
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.
$70.00 with Imaging Providers of Texas vs $8,958.05 with Unicare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $70.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $627.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $627.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $627.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $627.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $627.06 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $672.75 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $672.75 | ↓ -92% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $711.50 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $711.50 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $711.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $774.04 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $984.75 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $984.75 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,033.50 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,061.28 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,082.25 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1,134.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,136.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,136.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,209.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,254.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,394.97 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,576.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $1,702.03 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,863.27 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,194.72 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,239.51 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $2,248.47 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,311.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,364.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,364.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,642.62 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,642.62 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,642.62 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,027.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,341.35 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,583.22 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,977.37 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $4,031.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,031.12 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,479.02 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,720.89 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,926.93 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,926.93 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,926.93 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,926.93 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $5,195.67 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,374.83 | ↓ -40% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,270.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $6,270.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,270.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $6,270.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $6,539.38 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,718.54 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,718.54 | ↓ -25% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $7,166.44 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $7,166.44 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $7,166.44 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,614.34 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $8,958.05 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,958.05 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $8,958.05 | ↑ +0% |
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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $3,262.36 | $382.20 – $1,899.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,325.37 | $382.20 – $1,899.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $3,768.75 | $382.20 – $1,899.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $3,681.20 | $382.20 – $1,899.30 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $479.15 | $100.00 – $1,369.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $632.63 | $269.10 – $3,253.50 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $177.00 | $100.00 – $1,062.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $479.15 | $100.00 – $1,369.00 |