Thoracic control thoracic ba 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.

$250.92 with Humana vs $1,461.43 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 $250.92
BCBS MGMCRHMO $253.61
BCBS MCRPPO $253.61
WellMed MGMCR $257.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $258.68
Humana MGMCR $258.68
Devoted Health HMO $258.68
United MGMCR $258.68
Amerigroup DualEligible $258.68
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $258.68
Devoted Health POS $258.68
Devoted Health MCR $258.68
Devoted Health MME $258.68
Devoted Health PPO $258.68
Devoted Health SNP $258.68
Aetna MCR $260.88
Care N Care MGMCR $261.27
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $263.85
WellCare MGMCR $266.44
Integranet MGMCR $266.44
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $271.61
ProCare Advantge MCR $271.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $271.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $271.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $271.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $271.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $271.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $271.61
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $274.20
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $274.20
Molina MCR $281.96
Molina MMP $281.96
Molina MME $281.96
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $284.55
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $310.42
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $336.28
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $388.02
Bravo Health MCRHMO $388.02
Bravo Health MCRPOS $388.02
Bravo Health MCRPPO $388.02
Bravo Health MCRSNP $388.02
Superior ValueHMO $463.04
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $491.49
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $512.19
Superior HMO $579.44
Superior EPO $579.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $677.74
Humana COMM $1,461.43

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Thoracic control thoracic ba at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $253.51 – $556.16
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $253.51 – $556.16
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $253.51 – $556.16
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $253.51 – $556.16
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $253.51 – $556.16
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $253.51 – $556.16
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $253.51 – $556.16
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $253.51 – $556.16

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