Lactic acid 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

$801.04

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.

$801.04

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.

$6.94 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $705.88 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $6.94 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $6.94 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $9.57 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $9.72 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $9.72 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $9.72 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $9.72 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $9.72 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.72 ↓ -99%
United STAR $9.72 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.21 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.50 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $10.69 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $10.69 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.69 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $10.69 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $11.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $11.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $11.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $11.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $11.57 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $11.57 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $11.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $11.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.57 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.57 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.57 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $11.57 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $11.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $11.57 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $11.67 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $11.69 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $11.80 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $11.92 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $11.92 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $12.14 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $12.15 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $12.15 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $12.15 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $12.15 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $12.15 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $12.15 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $12.15 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $12.15 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $12.15 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.26 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.26 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.52 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $12.61 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $12.61 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $12.61 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $12.73 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $14.71 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $15.04 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $17.36 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $17.36 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $17.36 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $17.36 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $17.36 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.25 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.25 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $20.26 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $20.71 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $21.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $21.58 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $21.98 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $24.41 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $25.40 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $25.92 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $25.92 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $28.58 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $28.58 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $29.97 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $30.08 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.31 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $31.35 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $43.92 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $43.96 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.06 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $49.06 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $49.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $49.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $49.41 ↓ -94%
Cigna AllOther $62.09 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $95.29 ↓ -88%
Cigna QHP $98.82 ↓ -88%
Humana COMM $118.69 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $124.23 ↓ -84%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $172.94 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $176.47 ↓ -78%
Evry Health COMM $182.12 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $238.59 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $313.41 ↓ -61%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $317.65 ↓ -60%
City of McKinney COMM $317.65 ↓ -60%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $352.94 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $372.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna WCOMP $388.23 ↓ -52%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $388.23 ↓ -52%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $388.23 ↓ -52%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $388.23 ↓ -52%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $409.41 ↓ -49%
USC Health Services COMM $423.53 ↓ -47%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $494.12 ↓ -38%
Jostens WCOMP $494.12 ↓ -38%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $494.12 ↓ -38%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $494.12 ↓ -38%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $515.29 ↓ -36%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $529.41 ↓ -34%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $529.41 ↓ -34%
USA Managed Care COMM $564.70 ↓ -30%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $564.70 ↓ -30%
Randalls Food Market PPO $564.70 ↓ -30%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $600.00 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $705.88 ↓ -12%
Unicare MCD $705.88 ↓ -12%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $705.88 ↓ -12%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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