Insertion of catheter vein at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$10,640.49
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$10,640.49
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,121.57 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,436.47 | ↓ -86% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,489.67 | ↓ -86% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,628.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,872.73 | ↓ -82% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $2,021.69 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | ↓ -81% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $2,628.20 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,628.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,660.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,809.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,809.09 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $3,107.02 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,138.94 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $3,138.94 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3,138.94 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $3,394.32 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $3,394.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,564.56 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,596.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,724.17 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,968.90 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,724.38 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $4,788.22 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $5,320.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $5,607.54 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $5,852.27 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $5,852.27 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $5,852.27 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $5,852.27 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $6,171.48 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $6,384.29 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $7,448.34 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $7,448.34 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $7,448.34 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $7,448.34 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $7,767.56 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,980.37 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $7,980.37 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $8,512.39 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $8,512.39 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $9,044.42 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $10,640.49 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $10,640.49 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $10,640.49 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | COMM | $11,121.57 | ↑ +5% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Insertion of catheter vein at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,244.40 | $635.91 – $3,179.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,128.00 | $71.00 – $4,692.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,764.65 | $71.00 – $3,455.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,244.40 | $598.51 – $3,179.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,128.00 | $85.00 – $4,692.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,128.00 | $1,616.14 – $4,692.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,764.65 | $71.00 – $4,146.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,244.40 | $598.51 – $3,179.57 |