Tension based scoliosis orth 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.

$3,835.75 with Humana vs $22,340.58 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 $3,835.75
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3,876.84
BCBS MCRPPO $3,876.84
WellMed MGMCR $3,934.61
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3,954.38
Humana MGMCR $3,954.38
Devoted Health HMO $3,954.38
United MGMCR $3,954.38
Amerigroup DualEligible $3,954.38
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3,954.38
Devoted Health POS $3,954.38
Devoted Health MCR $3,954.38
Devoted Health MME $3,954.38
Devoted Health PPO $3,954.38
Devoted Health SNP $3,954.38
Aetna MCR $3,987.99
Care N Care MGMCR $3,993.92
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4,033.47
WellCare MGMCR $4,073.01
Integranet MGMCR $4,073.01
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4,152.10
ProCare Advantge MCR $4,152.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4,152.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4,152.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4,152.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4,152.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4,152.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4,152.10
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4,191.64
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4,191.64
Molina MCR $4,310.27
Molina MMP $4,310.27
Molina MME $4,310.27
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4,349.82
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4,745.26
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5,140.69
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5,931.57
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5,931.57
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5,931.57
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5,931.57
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5,931.57
Superior ValueHMO $7,078.34
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $7,513.32
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7,829.67
Superior HMO $8,857.81
Superior EPO $8,857.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $10,360.48
Humana COMM $22,340.58

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Tension based scoliosis orth at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,104.64 not published
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $3,104.64 $3,954.38 – $4,171.87
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $3,104.64 not published
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $3,104.64 not published
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $3,104.64 not published
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $3,875.29 – $8,501.92
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3,875.29 – $8,501.92
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $3,875.29 – $8,501.92

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