Suction susp ak/knee disart 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.

$604.03 with Humana vs $3,517.98 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 $604.03
BCBS MGMCRHMO $610.50
BCBS MCRPPO $610.50
WellMed MGMCR $619.60
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $622.71
Humana MGMCR $622.71
Devoted Health HMO $622.71
United MGMCR $622.71
Amerigroup DualEligible $622.71
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $622.71
Devoted Health POS $622.71
Devoted Health MCR $622.71
Devoted Health MME $622.71
Devoted Health PPO $622.71
Devoted Health SNP $622.71
Aetna MCR $628.00
Care N Care MGMCR $628.94
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $635.16
WellCare MGMCR $641.39
Integranet MGMCR $641.39
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $653.85
ProCare Advantge MCR $653.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $653.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $653.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $653.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $653.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $653.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $653.85
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $660.07
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $660.07
Molina MCR $678.75
Molina MMP $678.75
Molina MME $678.75
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $684.98
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $747.25
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $809.52
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $934.07
Bravo Health MCRHMO $934.07
Bravo Health MCRPOS $934.07
Bravo Health MCRPPO $934.07
Bravo Health MCRSNP $934.07
Superior ValueHMO $1,114.65
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,183.15
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,232.97
Superior HMO $1,394.87
Superior EPO $1,394.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,631.50
Humana COMM $3,517.98

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Suction susp ak/knee disart at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $610.26 – $1,338.83
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $610.26 – $1,338.83
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $610.26 – $1,338.83
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $610.26 – $1,338.83
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $610.26 – $1,338.83
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $610.26 – $1,338.83
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $610.26 – $1,338.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $610.26 – $1,338.83

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