Heavy duty control cable 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.

$122.59 with Humana vs $713.94 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $122.59
BCBS MGMCRHMO $123.90
BCBS MCRPPO $123.90
WellMed MGMCR $125.75
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $126.38
Humana MGMCR $126.38
Devoted Health HMO $126.38
United MGMCR $126.38
Amerigroup DualEligible $126.38
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $126.38
Devoted Health POS $126.38
Devoted Health MCR $126.38
Devoted Health MME $126.38
Devoted Health PPO $126.38
Devoted Health SNP $126.38
Aetna MCR $127.45
Care N Care MGMCR $127.64
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $128.91
WellCare MGMCR $130.17
Integranet MGMCR $130.17
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $132.70
ProCare Advantge MCR $132.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $132.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $132.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $132.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $132.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $132.70
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $132.70
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $133.96
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $133.96
Molina MCR $137.75
Molina MMP $137.75
Molina MME $137.75
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $139.02
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $151.66
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $164.29
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $189.57
Bravo Health MCRHMO $189.57
Bravo Health MCRPOS $189.57
Bravo Health MCRPPO $189.57
Bravo Health MCRSNP $189.57
Superior ValueHMO $226.22
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $240.12
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $250.23
Superior HMO $283.09
Superior EPO $283.09
Molina Healthcare HIX $331.12
Humana COMM $713.94

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Heavy duty control cable at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $123.85 – $271.72
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $123.85 – $271.72

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