Insert swan-ganz cath at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$3,975.43
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.
$3,975.43
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.
$536.68 with Cigna vs $20,752.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | IFP | $536.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $556.56 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $699.68 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | COMM | $747.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $993.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,343.70 | ↓ -66% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,562.00 | ↓ -61% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,603.00 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,765.09 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,788.94 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,987.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,129.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,186.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,186.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,186.49 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,186.49 | ↓ -45% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,300.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,305.75 | ↓ -42% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,356.00 | ↓ -41% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,385.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,782.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $2,782.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,782.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,782.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2,796.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,796.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,796.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,796.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $2,796.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,902.06 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,981.57 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,981.57 | ↓ -25% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $3,180.34 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,180.34 | ↓ -20% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,300.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $3,379.12 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,975.43 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,975.43 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,975.43 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $4,436.67 | ↑ +12% |
| Oscar | HIX | $5,381.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $5,529.53 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $5,529.53 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $7,128.04 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $7,128.04 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $7,486.89 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $7,829.42 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $12,049.00 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $16,508.00 | ↑ +315% |
| Aetna | COMM | $17,640.00 | ↑ +344% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $17,640.00 | ↑ +344% |
| Aetna | OON | $20,752.00 | ↑ +422% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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