Pre-tibial shell molded to p 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.

$617.76 with Humana vs $3,598.02 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 $617.76
BCBS MGMCRHMO $624.38
BCBS MCRPPO $624.38
WellMed MGMCR $633.69
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $636.87
Humana MGMCR $636.87
Devoted Health HMO $636.87
United MGMCR $636.87
Amerigroup DualEligible $636.87
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $636.87
Devoted Health POS $636.87
Devoted Health MCR $636.87
Devoted Health MME $636.87
Devoted Health PPO $636.87
Devoted Health SNP $636.87
Aetna MCR $642.28
Care N Care MGMCR $643.24
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $649.61
WellCare MGMCR $655.98
Integranet MGMCR $655.98
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $668.71
ProCare Advantge MCR $668.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $668.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $668.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $668.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $668.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $668.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $668.71
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $675.08
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $675.08
Molina MCR $694.19
Molina MMP $694.19
Molina MME $694.19
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $700.56
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $764.24
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $827.93
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $955.31
Bravo Health MCRHMO $955.31
Bravo Health MCRPOS $955.31
Bravo Health MCRPPO $955.31
Bravo Health MCRSNP $955.31
Superior ValueHMO $1,140.00
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,210.05
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,261.00
Superior HMO $1,426.59
Superior EPO $1,426.59
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,668.60
Humana COMM $3,598.02

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Pre-tibial shell molded to p at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL LEWISVILLE $3,795.00 $617.76 – $1,668.60
MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL Irving $4,397.00 $617.76 – $1,668.60
MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL FT WORTH $4,096.00 $617.76 – $1,668.60
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $624.13 – $1,369.27
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $624.13 – $1,369.27
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $624.13 – $1,369.27
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $624.13 – $1,369.27
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $624.13 – $1,369.27

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