MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$7,600.93
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.
$7,600.93
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.
$387.79 with BCBS vs $7,600.93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $387.79 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $387.79 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $415.49 | ↓ -95% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $443.23 | ↓ -94% |
| United | SmallGroup | $443.23 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $532.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $532.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $532.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $532.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $532.07 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $693.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,026.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,064.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,197.23 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,197.23 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,255.70 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,298.55 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,314.18 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,337.76 | ↓ -82% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $1,444.18 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,900.23 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,569.11 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,374.81 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,420.42 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,420.42 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,800.47 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,005.69 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,180.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,180.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,180.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,180.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,408.54 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $4,560.56 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,320.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $5,320.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,320.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $5,548.68 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,700.70 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,700.70 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,080.74 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $6,080.74 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $6,080.74 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,460.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,600.93 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,600.93 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,600.93 | ↑ +0% |
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MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,224.43 | $346.92 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,943.87 | $400.11 – $2,915.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,680.56 | $336.11 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,224.43 | $326.51 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,943.87 | $623.98 – $2,915.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,943.87 | $1,004.33 – $2,915.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,680.56 | $560.19 – $2,520.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,224.43 | $326.51 – $2,149.00 |