Special teletx port plan 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

$1,008.18

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.

$1,008.18

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.

$76.52 with Aetna vs $756.13 with HealthSmart Preferred Care — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $76.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $104.91 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $112.39 ↓ -89%
Aetna Meritain $112.39 ↓ -89%
BCBS BluePremier $116.19 ↓ -88%
Aetna OON $131.81 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $136.10 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $141.15 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $156.41 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $156.41 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $177.44 ↓ -82%
Humana COMM $180.66 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $209.70 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $210.04 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentials $210.04 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $220.77 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $231.05 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $247.00 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $340.76 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $403.27 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $447.63 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $531.31 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $705.73 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $735.97 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $756.13 ↓ -25%

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Special teletx port plan at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $530.47 $69.72 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,346.27 $174.29 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,056.31 $174.29 – $1,320.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $530.47 $42.90 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,346.27 $212.28 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,346.27 $695.57 – $2,019.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,056.31 $174.29 – $1,584.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $530.47 $69.72 – $915.33

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