Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$1,244.17
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.
$1,244.17
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.
$24.67 with United vs $1,244.17 with Unicare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $32.75 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $40.23 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $40.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $45.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $48.05 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | COMM | $48.05 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $48.51 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OON | $56.55 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $56.79 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $56.79 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $59.54 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | PPO | $62.30 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $87.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $87.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $87.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $87.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $87.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $100.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $100.58 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | HMO | $112.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $112.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $112.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $142.03 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $167.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $174.18 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | COMM | $203.09 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $218.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $258.79 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $304.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $311.04 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $321.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $420.53 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $552.41 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $559.88 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $559.88 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $622.09 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $655.68 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $684.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $684.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $684.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $684.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $721.62 | ↓ -42% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $746.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $870.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $870.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $870.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $870.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $908.24 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $933.13 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $933.13 | ↓ -25% |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $995.34 | ↓ -20% |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $995.34 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $995.34 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,057.54 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,244.17 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,244.17 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,244.17 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $187.56 | $36.00 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $182.09 | $35.64 – $227.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $187.56 | $35.64 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $187.56 | $26.00 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $182.09 | $35.64 – $273.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |