Shoulder X-ray 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.

$34.56 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,058.90 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.

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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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $34.56
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.09
Amerigroup CHIP $35.09
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $35.09
United STAR $35.09
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $35.09
United CHIP $35.09
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $35.09
United STARPerinate $35.09
United STARPLUS $35.09
United STARKids $35.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.84
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.90
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.90
Molina CHIP $38.60
Molina STAR+PLUS $38.60
Molina STARKIDS $38.60
Molina MCDSTAR $38.60
Aetna QHPHIX $42.57
Humana MGMCD $43.86
Aetna NewBusiness $58.37
Aetna COMM $62.53
Aetna Meritain $62.53
Aetna OON $73.34
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.12
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.12
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.12
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.12
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.12
Humana COMM $79.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
BCBS BluePremier $98.17
Cigna LocalPlus $99.15
Cigna NewBusiness $99.25
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna HMO $110.75
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $110.75
Cigna NetworkBenefit $110.75
Cigna AllOther $140.16
Cigna IFP $142.95
Cigna QHP $148.25
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $186.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $259.43
Unicare CHIP $264.73
Evry Health COMM $273.20
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $357.91
Curative Administrators COMM $423.56
BCBS Traditional $470.15
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $476.51
City of McKinney COMM $476.51
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $529.45
Aetna ASA $558.04
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $582.40
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $582.40
Aetna WCOMP $582.40
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $582.40
Averde Health, Inc PPO $614.16
USC Health Services COMM $635.34
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $741.23
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $741.23
Jostens WCOMP $741.23
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $741.23
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $773.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $794.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $794.17
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $847.12
USA Managed Care COMM $847.12
Randalls Food Market PPO $847.12
Galaxy Health Network PPO $900.07
Unicare MCD $1,058.90
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,058.90
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,058.90

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Shoulder X-ray at other Texas hospitals

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $692.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $306.88 $35.09 – $383.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $344.38 $70.88 – $516.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $399.22 $35.09 – $499.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $306.88 $35.09 – $383.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $344.38 $37.55 – $516.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $344.38 $35.09 – $516.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $399.22 $35.09 – $598.82

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