Screening Colonoscopy (average risk) at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$4,631.82
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.
$4,631.82
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.
$323.57 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $4,631.82 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $323.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $324.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $324.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $324.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $324.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $324.23 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPerinate | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPLUS | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STAR | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| United | CHIP | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARKids | $328.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $344.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $354.78 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $354.78 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $361.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $361.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | CHIP | $361.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $361.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $410.63 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | IFP | $625.30 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $625.30 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $648.45 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $815.20 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | COMM | $864.81 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $921.73 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $986.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $986.58 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $993.04 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,157.95 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,162.59 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,217.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,346.00 | ↓ -71% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,562.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,565.56 | ↓ -66% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,603.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,764.56 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,764.56 | ↓ -62% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,056.53 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,084.32 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $2,084.32 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,177.06 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,177.06 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,284.00 | ↓ -51% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,300.00 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,315.91 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,390.94 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,440.97 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,547.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,547.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,547.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,547.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,686.46 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,700.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,702.00 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,779.09 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $3,016.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,016.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3,016.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $3,242.27 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,242.27 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,242.27 | ↓ -30% |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,293.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $3,381.23 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,473.86 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,473.86 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,705.46 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $3,705.46 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,816.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $3,937.05 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $3,972.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,631.82 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,631.82 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,631.82 | ↑ +0% |
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Screening Colonoscopy (average risk) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,376.20 | $2,359.20 – $2,949.00 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $8,175.65 | $934.20 – $2,265.00 |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon | San Antonio | $1,668.15 | $328.50 – $1,712.16 |
| CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont | Beaumont | $1,011.12 | $328.50 – $1,826.38 |
| MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL | SAGINAW | $3,658.14 | $328.50 – $1,099.99 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $954.85 – $2,234.24 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | not published | $328.50 – $4,063.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | not published | $351.50 – $3,421.00 |