New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$146.97
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.
$146.97
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.
$8.08 with Superior Health Plan vs $275.74 with BCBS — 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 | $8.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $8.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $8.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $8.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $8.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | IFP | $15.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $15.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | QHP | $16.17 | ↓ -89% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $20.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $21.94 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $22.98 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMM | $24.60 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $24.60 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $28.29 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $28.87 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | OON | $28.98 | ↓ -80% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $29.79 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $39.03 | ↓ -73% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $46.19 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $51.27 | ↓ -65% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $51.96 | ↓ -65% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $51.96 | ↓ -65% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $57.73 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | ASA | $60.85 | ↓ -59% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $63.51 | ↓ -57% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $63.51 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $63.51 | ↓ -57% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $63.51 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $66.97 | ↓ -54% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $69.28 | ↓ -53% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $80.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $80.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $80.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $80.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $84.29 | ↓ -43% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $86.60 | ↓ -41% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $86.60 | ↓ -41% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $92.38 | ↓ -37% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $92.38 | ↓ -37% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $92.38 | ↓ -37% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $98.15 | ↓ -33% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $115.47 | ↓ -21% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $115.47 | ↓ -21% |
| Unicare | MCD | $115.47 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $141.73 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $141.73 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | COMM | $166.68 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $187.26 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $187.26 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $209.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $209.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | HMO | $209.25 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $251.00 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $251.00 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $263.37 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $264.58 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS | PPO | $275.74 | ↑ +88% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $412.32 | $198.43 – $198.43 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $165.90 | $60.82 – $474.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $203.88 | $7.90 – $110.16 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $66.56 | $36.30 – $217.80 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $165.90 | $74.00 – $474.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $165.90 | $74.00 – $474.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $203.88 | $34.10 – $224.91 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $165.90 | $74.00 – $474.00 |