MRI tmj 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

$13,505.44

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.

$13,505.44

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.

$229.97 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $13,505.44 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $229.97 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $233.47 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $233.47 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $233.47 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $233.47 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $233.47 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $233.47 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $233.47 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $233.47 ↓ -98%
United STAR $233.47 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $233.47 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $245.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $252.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $252.15 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $256.82 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $256.82 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $256.82 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $256.82 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $291.84 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $293.63 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $293.63 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $313.62 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $314.60 ↓ -98%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $906.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $906.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $945.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $945.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $945.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $945.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $945.38 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $950.80 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $995.08 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $1,000.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $1,823.23 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,890.76 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $2,376.96 ↓ -82%
Unicare CHIP $3,376.36 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,564.84 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $5,996.42 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $6,077.45 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $6,077.45 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6,752.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $7,117.37 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $7,427.99 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $7,427.99 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $7,427.99 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $7,427.99 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7,833.16 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $8,103.26 ↓ -40%
Jostens WCOMP $9,453.81 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $9,453.81 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $9,453.81 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $9,858.97 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,129.08 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $10,129.08 ↓ -25%
Randalls Food Market PPO $10,804.35 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $10,804.35 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $10,804.35 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $11,479.62 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $13,505.44 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $13,505.44 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $13,505.44 ↑ +0%

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