Prep ak ischial thermo mold 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.

$3,351.63 with Humana vs $19,521.02 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 $3,351.63
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3,387.54
BCBS MCRPPO $3,387.54
WellMed MGMCR $3,438.01
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3,455.29
Humana MGMCR $3,455.29
Devoted Health HMO $3,455.29
United MGMCR $3,455.29
Amerigroup DualEligible $3,455.29
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3,455.29
Devoted Health POS $3,455.29
Devoted Health MCR $3,455.29
Devoted Health MME $3,455.29
Devoted Health PPO $3,455.29
Devoted Health SNP $3,455.29
Aetna MCR $3,484.66
Care N Care MGMCR $3,489.84
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3,524.40
WellCare MGMCR $3,558.95
Integranet MGMCR $3,558.95
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3,628.05
ProCare Advantge MCR $3,628.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3,628.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3,628.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3,628.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3,628.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3,628.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3,628.05
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3,662.61
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3,662.61
Molina MCR $3,766.27
Molina MMP $3,766.27
Molina MME $3,766.27
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3,800.82
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4,146.35
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4,491.88
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5,182.93
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5,182.93
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5,182.93
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5,182.93
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5,182.93
Superior ValueHMO $6,184.97
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $6,565.05
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6,841.47
Superior HMO $7,739.85
Superior EPO $7,739.85
Molina Healthcare HIX $9,052.86
Humana COMM $19,521.02

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