Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$209.10

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.

$209.10

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.

$5.62 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $156.82 with HealthSmart Preferred Care — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $5.62 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $5.62 ↓ -97%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $7.74 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $7.86 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $7.86 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.86 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.86 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $7.86 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $7.86 ↓ -96%
United STAR $7.86 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $7.86 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.49 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.49 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $8.65 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $8.65 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $8.65 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.65 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $9.31 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.36 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.36 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health HMO $9.36 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.36 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.36 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $9.36 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.36 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health POS $9.36 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health PPO $9.36 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $9.36 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MME $9.36 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health SNP $9.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $9.44 ↓ -95%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.45 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.55 ↓ -95%
WellCare MGMCR $9.64 ↓ -95%
Integranet MGMCR $9.64 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.83 ↓ -95%
Humana Tricare $9.83 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $9.83 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.83 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.83 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.83 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.83 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.83 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.83 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.83 ↓ -95%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $9.92 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $9.92 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.13 ↓ -95%
Molina MCR $10.20 ↓ -95%
Molina MMP $10.20 ↓ -95%
Molina MME $10.20 ↓ -95%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.30 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $11.91 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.17 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.04 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.04 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.04 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.04 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $14.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $14.64 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.38 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.38 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.41 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $16.75 ↓ -92%
Aetna Meritain $17.48 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $17.48 ↓ -92%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.78 ↓ -91%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.53 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $19.75 ↓ -91%
Aetna OON $20.57 ↓ -90%
Superior HMO $20.97 ↓ -90%
Superior EPO $20.97 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $23.12 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentials $23.12 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $24.24 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $24.34 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.52 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $25.37 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $28.23 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $29.27 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $36.14 ↓ -83%
Cigna NewBusiness $36.18 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $36.80 ↓ -82%
Cigna HMO $40.36 ↓ -81%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $40.36 ↓ -81%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.36 ↓ -81%
Cigna AllOther $51.09 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $51.23 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $70.68 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $84.22 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $92.84 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $110.20 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $146.37 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $152.64 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $156.82 ↓ -25%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $99.86 $7.86 – $124.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $104.08 $12.00 – $156.12
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