Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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.

$108.50 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $6,587.00 with Oscar — 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 $108.50
United STAR $110.15
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $110.15
United CHIP $110.15
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $110.15
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $110.15
United STARPLUS $110.15
United STARKids $110.15
United STARPerinate $110.15
Amerigroup CHIP $115.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $115.66
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $115.66
Molina CHIP $121.17
Molina MCDSTAR $121.17
Molina STARKIDS $121.17
Molina STAR+PLUS $121.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $132.18
Aetna Better Health CHIP $132.18
Humana MGMCD $137.69
WellMed MGMCR $252.24
BCBS BluePremier $305.37
Cigna IFP $341.79
Cigna QHP $354.44
United OptionsPPO $445.59
BCBS MyBlueHealth $542.62
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $542.62
Unicare CHIP $632.94
BCBS BlueEssentials $669.47
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $669.47
BCBS EPOSOA $702.35
BCBS PPO $735.24
Humana COMM $784.59
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $855.73
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
BCBS Traditional $1,124.10
City of McKinney COMM $1,139.29
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,265.88
Aetna ASA $1,334.23
Aetna WCOMP $1,392.46
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,392.46
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,392.46
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,392.46
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,468.41
USC Health Services COMM $1,519.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,628.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,772.22
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,772.22
Jostens WCOMP $1,772.22
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,772.22
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,848.18
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,898.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,898.81
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
USA Managed Care COMM $2,025.40
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,025.40
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,151.99
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,531.75
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,531.75
Unicare MCD $2,531.75
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $6,587.00

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $559.69 $293.63 – $4,826.69
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $625.78 $117.86 – $938.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $625.78 $110.15 – $938.67
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