Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$2,304.44

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.

$2,304.44

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.

$103.18 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $2,304.44 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.

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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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $103.18 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $137.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $144.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $161.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $161.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $161.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $161.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $161.31 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $197.44 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $211.50 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $211.50 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $248.06 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $311.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $322.62 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $327.74 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $328.07 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $358.70 ↓ -84%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $366.06 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $366.06 ↓ -84%
Cigna HMO $366.06 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $405.58 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -80%
Cigna AllOther $463.30 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $564.59 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $576.11 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $594.55 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $778.90 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $921.78 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,023.17 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,037.00 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,037.00 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,152.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,214.44 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,267.44 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,267.44 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,267.44 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,267.44 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,336.58 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $1,382.66 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,613.11 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,613.11 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,613.11 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $1,613.11 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,682.24 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,728.33 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,728.33 ↓ -25%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,843.55 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,843.55 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $1,843.55 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,958.77 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,304.44 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,304.44 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,304.44 ↑ +0%

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