Mucin synovial fluid 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

$659.02

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.

$659.02

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.

$3.52 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $659.02 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.

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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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.52 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.52 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $4.85 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $4.92 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.92 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $4.92 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $4.92 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $4.92 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.92 ↓ -99%
United STAR $4.92 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.31 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.31 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $5.41 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $5.41 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.41 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.41 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $5.83 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $5.86 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $5.86 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $5.86 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $5.86 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $5.86 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $5.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.86 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $5.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.86 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.86 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.86 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $5.86 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.86 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.86 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $5.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $5.91 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.98 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $6.04 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $6.04 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.15 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.15 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.15 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $6.15 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $6.15 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.21 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.21 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.34 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $6.39 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $6.39 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $6.39 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.45 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.03 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.46 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.62 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.79 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.79 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.79 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.79 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.26 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.28 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $10.49 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $10.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $10.95 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.13 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $12.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $12.88 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $13.13 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $13.13 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.18 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $15.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $15.88 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $21.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $21.96 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.51 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.51 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $24.51 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $31.01 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $46.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $46.13 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $65.15 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $88.97 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $92.26 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $115.99 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $161.46 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $164.75 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $170.03 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $222.75 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $292.60 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $296.56 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $296.56 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $329.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $347.30 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $362.46 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $362.46 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $362.46 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $362.46 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $382.23 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $395.41 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $461.31 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $461.31 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $461.31 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $461.31 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $481.08 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $494.26 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $494.26 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $527.22 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $527.22 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $527.22 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $560.17 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $659.02 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $659.02 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $659.02 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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