I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$3,286.72

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.

$3,286.72

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.

$39.72 with United vs $2,342.82 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
United AllPayerAppendix $39.72 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $39.72 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $39.72 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $71.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $71.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $104.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $104.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $109.66 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $114.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $120.42 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $164.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $164.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $164.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $164.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $164.00 ↓ -95%
Humana COMM $306.46 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $316.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPHIX $316.28 ↓ -90%
Cigna QHP $327.99 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $412.34 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $466.22 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $487.31 ↓ -85%
Cigna LocalPlus $492.49 ↓ -85%
Cigna NewBusiness $492.98 ↓ -85%
Aetna Meritain $499.02 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMM $499.02 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $550.20 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $550.20 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $550.20 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $573.99 ↓ -83%
Unicare CHIP $585.71 ↓ -82%
Aetna OON $588.05 ↓ -82%
Evry Health COMM $604.45 ↓ -82%
Cigna AllOther $696.05 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $791.87 ↓ -76%
Curative Administrators COMM $937.13 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $1,040.21 ↓ -68%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,054.27 ↓ -68%
City of McKinney COMM $1,054.27 ↓ -68%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,171.41 ↓ -64%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,288.55 ↓ -61%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,288.55 ↓ -61%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,288.55 ↓ -61%
Aetna WCOMP $1,288.55 ↓ -61%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,358.84 ↓ -59%
USC Health Services COMM $1,405.69 ↓ -57%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,639.97 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,639.97 ↓ -50%
Jostens WCOMP $1,639.97 ↓ -50%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,639.97 ↓ -50%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,710.26 ↓ -48%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,757.12 ↓ -47%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,757.12 ↓ -47%
Randalls Food Market PPO $1,874.26 ↓ -43%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,874.26 ↓ -43%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,874.26 ↓ -43%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,991.40 ↓ -39%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,342.82 ↓ -29%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,342.82 ↓ -29%
Unicare MCD $2,342.82 ↓ -29%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $481.12 $39.72 – $417.26
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $42.00 $77.38 – $82.61
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $391.11 $39.72 – $417.26
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $468.71 $39.72 – $417.26
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.85 $18.62 – $71.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.22 $20.82 – $187.28
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.85 $18.46 – $71.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.85 $18.46 – $71.00

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