Lev 2 hosp type b ed visit 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

$1,699.21

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.

$1,699.21

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.

$50.59 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,699.21 with Unicare — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $50.59 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $51.36 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $51.36 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $51.36 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $51.36 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $51.36 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $51.36 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $51.36 ↓ -97%
United STAR $51.36 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $53.93 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $55.47 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $55.47 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $56.50 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $56.50 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $56.50 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $56.50 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $64.20 ↓ -96%
Cigna IFP $229.39 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $237.89 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $299.06 ↓ -82%
Aetna QHPHIX $374.00 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $416.31 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $419.70 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $419.70 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $424.80 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $438.40 ↓ -74%
Oscar HIX $491.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS BluePremier $496.17 ↓ -71%
Aetna NewBusiness $512.00 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $526.59 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentials $542.05 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $542.05 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMM $547.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna Meritain $547.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $569.24 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $574.33 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $594.72 ↓ -65%
Aetna OON $643.00 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $679.68 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $747.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $754.45 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $764.64 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $849.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $895.48 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $934.57 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $934.57 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $934.57 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $934.57 ↓ -45%
United SmallGroup $975.00 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $985.54 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $1,019.53 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,189.45 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,189.45 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $1,189.45 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,189.45 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,240.42 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,274.41 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,274.41 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,359.37 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $1,359.37 ↓ -20%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,375.00 ↓ -19%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,444.33 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,699.21 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,699.21 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,699.21 ↑ +0%

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Lev 2 hosp type b ed visit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,507.03 $50.33 – $77.04
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $344.07 $73.59 – $417.28
MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL LEWISVILLE $1,147.48 $50.59 – $64.20
MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SAGINAW $1,782.77 $51.36 – $64.20
MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL Weatherford $1,677.68 $51.36 – $64.20
MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL McKinney $1,643.46 $51.36 – $64.20
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $387.12 – $387.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $51.36 – $77.04

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