Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$8,418.17
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.
$8,418.17
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.
$171.14 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $8,418.17 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $171.14 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $182.44 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $187.65 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $187.65 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $217.19 | ↓ -97% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $481.13 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $481.13 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $515.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $584.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $589.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $589.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $589.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $589.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $589.27 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $670.66 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $800.00 | ↓ -90% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,006.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,136.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,178.54 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,481.60 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $2,104.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,845.34 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,737.67 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,788.18 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,788.18 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,209.09 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,436.38 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,629.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,629.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,629.99 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,629.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,882.54 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,050.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,892.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,892.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $5,892.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $6,145.26 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,313.63 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,313.63 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,734.54 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $6,734.54 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $6,734.54 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,155.44 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $8,418.17 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $8,418.17 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,418.17 | ↑ +0% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,302.62 | $1,779.42 – $1,779.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,041.20 | $420.15 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,041.20 | $185.91 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,041.20 | $173.75 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $3,572.10 |