Hydromorphone injection at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$1,003.21
Cash price 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.
$1,003.21
Gross charge 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.
$2.33 with BCBS vs $1,003.21 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2.33 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | COMM | $13.59 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $70.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $70.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $70.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $70.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $70.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $135.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $135.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $140.45 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $176.56 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $199.64 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $200.64 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $200.64 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $200.64 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMM | $213.68 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $213.68 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $247.79 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $247.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $250.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $250.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $251.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $264.85 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $264.85 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $295.95 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $295.95 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $295.95 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $320.02 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $320.02 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $336.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $339.08 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $351.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $374.20 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $445.43 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $451.44 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $501.61 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $528.69 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $551.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $551.77 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $551.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $551.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $581.86 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $601.93 | ↓ -40% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $702.25 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $702.25 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $702.25 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $732.34 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $752.41 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $752.41 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $802.57 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $802.57 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $802.57 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $852.73 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,003.21 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,003.21 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,003.21 | ↑ +0% |
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