Prednisone 1 mg tablet 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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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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Gross charge

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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.

$0.01 with Humana vs $1.73 with Multiplan PHCS — 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 $0.01
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.01
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
United SmallGroup $0.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.03
BCBS EPOSOA $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.05
Cigna LocalPlus $0.06
Cigna NewBusiness $0.06
BCBS BluePremier $0.06
BCBS PPO $0.06
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.07
Humana COMM $0.07
Cigna HMO $0.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.07
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.09
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.09
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.09
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.09
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.09
Cigna AllOther $0.09
Cigna QHP $0.17
Aetna QHPHIX $0.17
Cigna IFP $0.17
United OptionsPPO $0.22
Aetna NewBusiness $0.24
Aetna COMM $0.26
Aetna Meritain $0.26
Unicare CHIP $0.31
Aetna OON $0.31
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $0.42
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $0.47
Oscar HIX $0.51
BCBS Traditional $0.55
City of McKinney COMM $0.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $0.61
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $0.61
Evry Health COMM $0.64
Aetna ASA $0.65
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $0.68
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $0.68
Aetna WCOMP $0.68
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $0.68
Averde Health, Inc PPO $0.71
USC Health Services COMM $0.74
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $0.86
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $0.86
Jostens WCOMP $0.86
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $0.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $0.92
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $0.92
USA Managed Care COMM $0.98
Randalls Food Market PPO $0.98
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $0.98
Curative Administrators COMM $0.99
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1.05
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1.11
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1.23
Unicare MCD $1.23
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1.23
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1.73

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