Hip 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.

$47.06 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $956.50 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 $47.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $47.78
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $47.78
United CHIP $47.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $47.78
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $47.78
United STAR $47.78
United STARKids $47.78
United STARPLUS $47.78
United STARPerinate $47.78
Amerigroup CHIP $47.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $50.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.60
Aetna Better Health CHIP $51.60
Molina CHIP $52.56
Molina STAR+PLUS $52.56
Molina STARKIDS $52.56
Molina MCDSTAR $52.56
Humana MGMCD $59.73
Aetna QHPHIX $60.60
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $66.95
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $66.95
Superior Health Plan STARKids $66.95
Superior Health Plan CHIP $66.95
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $66.95
Aetna NewBusiness $83.08
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna Meritain $89.00
Aetna COMM $89.00
BCBS BluePremier $98.17
Aetna OON $104.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Humana COMM $120.85
Cigna IFP $129.13
Cigna QHP $133.91
Cigna LocalPlus $140.51
Cigna NewBusiness $140.65
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $156.93
Cigna NetworkBenefit $156.93
Cigna HMO $156.93
United OptionsPPO $168.34
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna AllOther $198.62
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $234.34
Unicare CHIP $239.13
Evry Health COMM $246.78
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $323.30
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Curative Administrators COMM $382.60
BCBS Traditional $424.69
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $430.43
City of McKinney COMM $430.43
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $478.25
Aetna ASA $504.08
Aetna WCOMP $526.08
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $526.08
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $526.08
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $526.08
Averde Health, Inc PPO $554.77
USC Health Services COMM $573.90
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $669.55
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $669.55
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $669.55
Jostens WCOMP $669.55
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $698.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $717.38
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $717.38
Randalls Food Market PPO $765.20
USA Managed Care COMM $765.20
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $765.20
Galaxy Health Network PPO $813.02
Unicare MCD $956.50
Independent Medical Systems COMM $956.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $956.50

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Hip X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $656.42 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.05 $47.78 – $370.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $301.92 $62.15 – $452.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $310.59 $47.78 – $388.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.05 $47.78 – $370.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $301.92 $51.12 – $452.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $301.92 $47.78 – $452.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $310.59 $47.78 – $465.88

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