Hand X-ray 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.

$36.87 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,157.24 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $36.87
Amerigroup CHIP $37.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.43
United STARPerinate $37.43
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $37.43
United STARPLUS $37.43
United STARKids $37.43
United STAR $37.43
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $37.43
United CHIP $37.43
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $37.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $39.30
Aetna Better Health CHIP $40.42
Aetna Better Health MCD $40.42
Molina STARKIDS $41.17
Molina MCDSTAR $41.17
Molina CHIP $41.17
Molina STAR+PLUS $41.17
Humana MGMCD $46.79
Aetna QHPHIX $47.08
Aetna NewBusiness $64.55
Aetna COMM $69.15
Aetna Meritain $69.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.01
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.01
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $81.01
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.01
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $81.01
Aetna OON $81.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Humana COMM $92.37
BCBS BluePremier $98.17
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $110.78
Cigna NewBusiness $110.89
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $123.74
Cigna NetworkBenefit $123.74
Cigna HMO $123.74
Cigna IFP $156.23
Cigna AllOther $156.61
Cigna QHP $162.01
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $203.67
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $283.52
Unicare CHIP $289.31
Evry Health COMM $298.57
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $391.15
Curative Administrators COMM $462.90
BCBS Traditional $513.81
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $520.76
City of McKinney COMM $520.76
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $578.62
Aetna ASA $609.87
Aetna WCOMP $636.48
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $636.48
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $636.48
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $636.48
Averde Health, Inc PPO $671.20
USC Health Services COMM $694.34
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $810.07
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $810.07
Jostens WCOMP $810.07
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $810.07
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $844.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $867.93
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $867.93
Randalls Food Market PPO $925.79
USA Managed Care COMM $925.79
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $925.79
Galaxy Health Network PPO $983.65
Unicare MCD $1,157.24
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,157.24
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,157.24

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Hand X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $586.01 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $390.52 $80.38 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.93 $37.43 – $478.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $390.52 $40.05 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $390.52 $37.43 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $382.93 $37.43 – $574.40

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