Platelets each unit at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$540.08
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.
$540.08
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.
$37.81 with Superior Health Plan vs $822.32 with Humana — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $37.81 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $37.81 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $37.81 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $37.81 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $37.81 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $72.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $75.61 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $95.05 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $112.34 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $132.32 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $133.40 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $133.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $135.02 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $139.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $142.58 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $142.58 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $157.70 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $159.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $159.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $159.32 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $172.29 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $172.29 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $180.93 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $182.55 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $189.03 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $201.45 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $216.03 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $239.80 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $243.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $243.04 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $270.04 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $284.62 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $297.04 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $297.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $297.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $297.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $313.25 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $324.05 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $334.85 | ↓ -38% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $378.06 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $378.06 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $378.06 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $378.06 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $394.26 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $405.06 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $405.06 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $432.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $432.06 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $432.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $459.07 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $461.21 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | COMM | $491.22 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $491.22 | ↓ -9% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $540.08 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $540.08 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $540.08 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | OON | $578.10 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | COMM | $822.32 | ↑ +52% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $259.58 | $53.43 – $389.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $273.24 | $49.67 – $341.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $259.58 | $49.67 – $389.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $259.58 | $134.12 – $389.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $273.24 | $49.67 – $409.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |