MRI breast w IV cont bi at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$1,446.71
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.
$1,446.71
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.
$101.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,314.00 with Aetna — 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 | CHIP | $101.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $101.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $101.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $101.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $101.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $195.31 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $202.54 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $254.62 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $369.18 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $369.18 | ↓ -74% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $395.55 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $395.55 | ↓ -73% |
| United | SmallGroup | $395.55 | ↓ -73% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $488.99 | ↓ -66% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $635.92 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $642.34 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | ASA | $762.42 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,056.10 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,085.03 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,139.77 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,139.77 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,195.44 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,251.11 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -9% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,876.12 | $531.57 – $2,657.84 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,876.12 | $500.30 – $2,657.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,875.95 | $602.18 – $2,813.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,875.95 | $969.24 – $2,813.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,875.95 | $625.32 – $2,813.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,876.12 | $500.30 – $2,657.84 |