Tobramycin comp unit at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
$101.85
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.
$101.85
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.
$7.13 with Superior Health Plan vs $420.93 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $7.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $7.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $7.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $7.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $7.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $13.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $13.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $14.26 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $17.93 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $20.27 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $21.69 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $21.69 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $25.16 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $25.16 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $25.56 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $29.74 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $32.49 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $32.49 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $34.12 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $34.43 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $35.65 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $45.22 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $53.67 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $74.35 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $76.39 | ↓ -25% |
| United | SmallGroup | $98.65 | ↓ -3% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $98.65 | ↓ -3% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $98.65 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $297.83 | ↑ +192% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $298.13 | ↑ +193% |
| Cigna | HMO | $332.73 | ↑ +227% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $332.73 | ↑ +227% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $332.73 | ↑ +227% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $420.93 | ↑ +313% |
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Tobramycin comp unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $155.50 | $98.65 – $119.11 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $54.97 | $98.65 – $119.11 |
| MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL | FT WORTH | $886.28 | $98.65 – $297.83 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $98.65 – $119.11 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $98.65 – $119.11 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $222.72 – $222.72 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $98.65 – $119.11 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $98.65 – $119.11 |