Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$515.56

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.

$515.56

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.

$2.89 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $515.56 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.89 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.89 ↓ -99%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $3.98 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $4.04 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.04 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $4.04 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $4.04 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $4.04 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.04 ↓ -99%
United STAR $4.04 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.04 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.24 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.36 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $4.44 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $4.44 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.44 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $4.44 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.79 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $4.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $4.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $4.81 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.81 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $4.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.81 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.81 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.81 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.81 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $4.81 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.85 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $4.86 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.91 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $4.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $4.95 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.05 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.05 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $5.05 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $5.05 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.10 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.21 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $5.24 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $5.24 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $5.24 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.29 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $6.13 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.25 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.42 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.44 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $8.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $8.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $8.99 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.14 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $10.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $10.58 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $10.77 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $10.77 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $12.46 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $12.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $13.04 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $18.09 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $18.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.20 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.20 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $20.20 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $25.57 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $36.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $36.09 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $53.45 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $69.60 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $72.18 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $90.74 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $126.31 ↓ -76%
Unicare CHIP $128.89 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $133.01 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $174.26 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $228.91 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $232.00 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $232.00 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $257.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $271.70 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $283.56 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $283.56 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $283.56 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $283.56 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $299.02 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $309.34 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $360.89 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $360.89 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $360.89 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $360.89 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $376.36 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $386.67 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $386.67 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $412.45 ↓ -20%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $412.45 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $412.45 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $438.23 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $515.56 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $515.56 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $515.56 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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