Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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.

$18.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $268.17 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.77
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $18.77
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $18.77
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.77
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.77
BCBS BluePremier $32.31
Cigna IFP $36.20
Aetna QHPHIX $36.20
Cigna QHP $37.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.65
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $37.65
United OptionsPPO $47.20
Aetna NewBusiness $53.37
Oscar HIX $55.78
Aetna COMM $57.12
Aetna Meritain $57.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $65.70
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $66.67
BCBS BlueEssentials $66.67
Unicare CHIP $67.04
Aetna OON $67.31
Evry Health COMM $69.19
BCBS EPOSOA $69.96
Cigna NewBusiness $70.80
Cigna LocalPlus $70.80
BCBS PPO $73.24
United SmallGroup $78.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.94
United AllPayerAppendix $78.94
Cigna NetworkBenefit $79.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $79.11
Cigna HMO $79.11
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $90.64
Humana COMM $95.29
Cigna AllOther $100.03
Curative Administrators COMM $107.27
BCBS Traditional $119.07
City of McKinney COMM $120.68
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $120.68
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $134.09
Aetna ASA $141.33
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $147.49
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $147.49
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $147.49
Aetna WCOMP $147.49
Averde Health, Inc PPO $155.54
USC Health Services COMM $160.90
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $187.72
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $187.72
Jostens WCOMP $187.72
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $187.72
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $195.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $201.13
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $201.13
USA Managed Care COMM $214.54
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $214.54
Randalls Food Market PPO $214.54
Galaxy Health Network PPO $227.94
Independent Medical Systems COMM $268.17
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $268.17
Unicare MCD $268.17

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $52.71 – $52.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.22 $41.21 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $241.37 $41.34 – $301.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $190.67 $32.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.22 $44.69 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $200.22 $103.45 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $241.37 $41.34 – $362.05

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