Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) 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

$83.71

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.

$83.71

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.

$0.02 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $83.71 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.

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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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.02 ↓ -100%
Humana Tricare $0.02 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.03 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.03 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.03 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.10 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.10 ↓ -100%
Cigna NewBusiness $0.12 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalPlus $0.12 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.14 ↓ -100%
Cigna HMO $0.14 ↓ -100%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.14 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.15 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.15 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.16 ↓ -100%
BCBS BluePremier $0.17 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $0.17 ↓ -100%
Cigna AllOther $0.17 ↓ -100%
Humana COMM $1.50 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.86 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $11.30 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $11.30 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $11.72 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $14.73 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.66 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $17.83 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $17.83 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $20.93 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $21.01 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $28.29 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $37.17 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $37.67 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $41.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $44.12 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $46.04 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $46.04 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $46.04 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $46.04 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $48.55 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $50.23 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $58.60 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $58.60 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $58.60 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $61.11 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $62.78 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $62.78 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $66.97 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $66.97 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $66.97 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $71.15 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $83.71 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $83.71 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $83.71 ↑ +0%

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