Inj, bupivacaine liposome 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

$4,222.83

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.

$4,222.83

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.

$1.38 with Humana vs $1,483.13 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
Humana Tricare $1.38 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.42 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.38 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $2.38 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.38 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5.54 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.54 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.10 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.10 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $8.51 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $8.88 ↓ -100%
Cigna NewBusiness $9.02 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalPlus $9.02 ↓ -100%
Cigna HMO $10.07 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.07 ↓ -100%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $10.07 ↓ -100%
Cigna AllOther $12.74 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $103.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $103.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $103.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $103.82 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $103.82 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $200.22 ↓ -95%
Cigna IFP $200.22 ↓ -95%
Cigna QHP $207.64 ↓ -95%
United OptionsPPO $261.03 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $295.14 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $315.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $315.91 ↓ -93%
Unicare CHIP $370.78 ↓ -91%
Aetna OON $372.27 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $433.07 ↓ -90%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $501.30 ↓ -88%
BCBS Traditional $658.51 ↓ -84%
City of McKinney COMM $667.41 ↓ -84%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $741.57 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASA $781.61 ↓ -81%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $815.72 ↓ -81%
Aetna WCOMP $815.72 ↓ -81%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $815.72 ↓ -81%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $815.72 ↓ -81%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $860.22 ↓ -80%
USC Health Services COMM $889.88 ↓ -79%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,038.19 ↓ -75%
Jostens WCOMP $1,038.19 ↓ -75%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,038.19 ↓ -75%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,082.68 ↓ -74%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,112.35 ↓ -74%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,112.35 ↓ -74%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,186.50 ↓ -72%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,186.50 ↓ -72%
Randalls Food Market PPO $1,186.50 ↓ -72%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,260.66 ↓ -70%
Unicare MCD $1,483.13 ↓ -65%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,483.13 ↓ -65%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,483.13 ↓ -65%

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