Postop ea cast chg & realign 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

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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.

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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.

$530.88 with Humana vs $3,091.97 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.

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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
Humana Tricare $530.88
BCBS MGMCRHMO $536.57
BCBS MCRPPO $536.57
WellMed MGMCR $544.56
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $547.30
Humana MGMCR $547.30
Devoted Health HMO $547.30
United MGMCR $547.30
Amerigroup DualEligible $547.30
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $547.30
Devoted Health POS $547.30
Devoted Health MCR $547.30
Devoted Health MME $547.30
Devoted Health PPO $547.30
Devoted Health SNP $547.30
Aetna MCR $551.95
Care N Care MGMCR $552.77
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $558.25
WellCare MGMCR $563.72
Integranet MGMCR $563.72
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $574.66
ProCare Advantge MCR $574.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $574.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $574.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $574.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $574.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $574.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $574.66
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $580.14
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $580.14
Molina MCR $596.56
Molina MMP $596.56
Molina MME $596.56
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $602.03
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $656.76
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $711.49
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $820.95
Bravo Health MCRHMO $820.95
Bravo Health MCRPOS $820.95
Bravo Health MCRPPO $820.95
Bravo Health MCRSNP $820.95
Superior ValueHMO $979.67
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,039.87
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,083.65
Superior HMO $1,225.95
Superior EPO $1,225.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,433.93
Humana COMM $3,091.97

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Postop ea cast chg & realign at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $536.35 – $1,176.69
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $536.35 – $1,176.69
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $536.35 – $1,176.69
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $536.35 – $1,176.69
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $536.35 – $1,176.69
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $536.35 – $1,176.69
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $536.35 – $1,176.69
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $536.35 – $1,176.69

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