New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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

$207.62

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.

$207.62

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.

$14.53 with Superior Health Plan vs $701.81 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $14.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $14.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.53 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $28.03 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $28.03 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $29.07 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $36.54 ↓ -82%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $39.45 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $41.32 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $44.22 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $44.22 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.87 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $51.91 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $52.11 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $53.57 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $70.18 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $83.05 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $92.18 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $93.43 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $93.43 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $103.81 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $109.42 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $114.19 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $114.19 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $114.19 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $114.19 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $120.42 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $124.57 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $145.33 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $145.33 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $145.33 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $145.33 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $151.56 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $155.72 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $155.72 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $166.10 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $166.10 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $166.10 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $176.48 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $207.62 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $207.62 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $207.62 ↑ +0%
Humana COMM $239.15 ↑ +15%
Cigna LocalPlus $283.01 ↑ +36%
Cigna NewBusiness $283.01 ↑ +36%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $316.24 ↑ +52%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $316.24 ↑ +52%
Cigna HMO $316.24 ↑ +52%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $360.75 ↑ +74%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $360.75 ↑ +74%
Cigna AllOther $399.85 ↑ +93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $638.85 ↑ +208%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $638.85 ↑ +208%
BCBS EPOSOA $670.33 ↑ +223%
BCBS PPO $701.81 ↑ +238%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $820.97 $505.04 – $505.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $238.35 $82.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $261.63 $34.53 – $261.05
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $102.36 $94.25 – $565.49
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $261.63 $77.00 – $517.44
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