MRI guid ndl plc s&i at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$3,443.15
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.
$3,443.15
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.
$241.02 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,443.15 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $241.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $241.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $241.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $241.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $241.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $464.83 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $482.04 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $503.56 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $536.31 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $536.31 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $605.99 | ↓ -82% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $654.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $860.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,163.78 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,277.42 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,528.76 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,549.42 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,549.42 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,592.57 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,592.57 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,670.35 | ↓ -51% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,721.58 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,748.14 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,814.54 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,893.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,893.73 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,893.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,893.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,997.03 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,065.89 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,410.20 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,410.20 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $2,410.20 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,513.50 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,582.36 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,582.36 | ↓ -25% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,754.52 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $2,754.52 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,754.52 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,926.68 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,443.15 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,443.15 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,443.15 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,264.76 | $405.99 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,264.76 | $653.46 – $2,700.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,354.55 | $451.52 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,037.97 | $276.79 – $2,149.00 |