Myelography l-s spine at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$6,630.88
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.
$6,630.88
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.
$107.62 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $6,630.88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $107.62 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $109.26 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $114.72 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $118.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $118.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $118.66 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $120.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $120.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $120.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $120.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $136.58 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $162.69 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $174.28 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $174.28 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | COMM | $203.43 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OON | $204.40 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $272.19 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $272.46 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $304.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $304.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | HMO | $304.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $384.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $464.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $464.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $464.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $464.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $464.16 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $837.41 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $891.87 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $891.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $895.17 | ↓ -86% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $920.54 | ↓ -86% |
| United | SmallGroup | $920.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $928.32 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,167.03 | ↓ -82% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,624.57 | ↓ -75% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,657.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,710.77 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,241.24 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,648.39 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,648.39 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,652.35 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,777.75 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,907.10 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,944.11 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $2,983.90 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,983.90 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,315.44 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,494.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,646.98 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,646.98 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,646.98 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,646.98 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,845.91 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,978.53 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4,641.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $4,641.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $4,641.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4,641.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $4,840.54 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,973.16 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $4,973.16 | ↓ -25% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $5,304.70 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,304.70 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $5,304.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $5,636.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $6,630.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,630.88 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,630.88 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,334.09 | $274.60 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,334.09 | $116.91 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |