Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$17,204.75
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.
$17,204.75
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.
$439.58 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $17,204.75 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.
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 | $439.58 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $446.27 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $446.27 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $446.27 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $446.27 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $446.27 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $446.27 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $446.27 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $446.27 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $468.58 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $468.58 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $468.58 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $490.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $490.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $490.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $490.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $535.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $535.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $557.84 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $948.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $948.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,562.00 | ↓ -91% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $1,589.23 | ↓ -91% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,603.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,120.47 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $2,124.43 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | QHP | $2,203.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | ↓ -87% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,300.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,769.63 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3,767.91 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $3,767.91 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $4,301.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $4,648.72 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $4,648.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | COMM | $4,876.75 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $4,877.08 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | PPO | $5,105.44 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $5,318.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Oscar | HIX | $6,587.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,987.02 | ↓ -59% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $7,742.14 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $8,293.15 | ↓ -52% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $8,602.38 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $9,462.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $9,462.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $9,462.61 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $9,462.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $9,774.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $9,784.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $9,978.75 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $10,322.85 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | HMO | $10,920.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $10,920.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $10,920.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $11,015.57 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $11,487.67 | ↓ -33% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $11,802.40 | ↓ -31% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $12,043.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $12,043.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $12,043.33 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $12,903.56 | ↓ -25% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $13,763.80 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $13,763.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $13,814.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $14,624.04 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $17,204.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $17,204.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $17,204.75 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,161.89 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,161.89 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,649.05 | $85.00 – $3,973.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,649.05 | $446.27 – $3,973.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,522.88 | $71.00 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,161.89 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |