Intro catheter aorta at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
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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.
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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.
$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $16,210.13 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,628.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $2,001.62 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $2,075.75 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,609.52 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $2,860.12 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $3,079.92 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $3,662.22 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3,662.22 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $4,052.53 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $4,279.47 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $4,279.47 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $4,329.42 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $4,729.75 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $4,729.75 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $4,781.99 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4,781.99 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $4,781.99 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4,966.97 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $5,011.46 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $5,189.38 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $6,046.38 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,583.09 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $7,294.56 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $7,813.72 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $8,105.06 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $8,915.57 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $8,915.57 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $8,915.57 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $8,915.57 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $9,401.88 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $9,726.08 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $10,378.75 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $10,823.56 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $11,120.09 | — |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $11,347.09 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $11,347.09 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $11,347.09 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $12,157.60 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $12,968.10 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $12,968.10 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $13,778.61 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $16,210.13 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $16,210.13 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $16,210.13 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
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Intro catheter aorta at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,597.66 | $736.00 – $3,680.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $988.48 | $71.00 – $1,482.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,634.05 | $71.00 – $2,042.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,597.66 | $692.71 – $3,680.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $988.48 | $85.00 – $1,482.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $988.48 | $510.71 – $1,482.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,634.05 | $71.00 – $2,451.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,597.66 | $692.71 – $3,680.02 |