Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) 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

$10,786.35

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.

$10,786.35

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.

$172.43 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $10,786.35 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 $172.43 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $175.06 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $175.06 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $175.06 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $175.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $175.06 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $175.06 ↓ -98%
United STAR $175.06 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $175.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $192.57 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $218.82 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $246.00 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -97%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $755.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $755.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $755.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $755.04 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $755.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $800.24 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $1,456.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,510.09 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,898.40 ↓ -82%
Unicare CHIP $2,696.59 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,645.79 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $4,789.14 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $4,853.86 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $4,853.86 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,393.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $5,684.41 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $5,932.49 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5,932.49 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5,932.49 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5,932.49 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6,256.08 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $6,471.81 ↓ -40%
Jostens WCOMP $7,550.44 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7,550.44 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7,550.44 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $7,874.04 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,089.76 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8,089.76 ↓ -25%
Randalls Food Market PPO $8,629.08 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $8,629.08 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $8,629.08 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $9,168.40 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $10,786.35 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10,786.35 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $10,786.35 ↑ +0%

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Pelvic CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $5,081.55 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,047.67 $167.39 – $2,559.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,890.36 $236.02 – $2,835.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,227.92 $167.39 – $2,784.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,047.67 $167.39 – $2,559.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,890.36 $167.39 – $2,835.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,890.36 $175.06 – $2,835.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,227.92 $167.39 – $3,341.88

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