Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$334.56

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.

$334.56

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.

$4.15 with Aetna vs $250.92 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 $4.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $5.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $6.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $6.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $10.47 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $10.48 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11.69 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $11.69 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $11.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.56 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $13.56 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $14.79 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.83 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $19.83 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $19.85 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $19.85 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $20.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $21.81 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $22.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $23.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $23.42 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $28.11 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $45.17 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $46.84 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $58.88 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $69.59 ↓ -79%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $81.97 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $83.97 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $113.08 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $133.82 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $148.54 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $176.31 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $234.19 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $244.23 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $250.92 ↓ -25%

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $191.98 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $235.55 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $244.54 $4.19 – $38.28
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $8.82 $4.28 – $18.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9.10 $3.54 – $26.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $58.98 $5.42 – $303.30
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $11.25 $8.41 – $73.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $165.94 $4.19 – $38.28

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