Ultrasound dx ophth b-scan at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL
7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277
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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.
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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.
$29.03 with Aetna vs $478.58 with BCBS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $29.03 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $39.80 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $42.64 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $42.64 | — |
| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $47.39 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $48.11 | — |
| United | CHIP | $48.11 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $48.11 | — |
| United | STAR | $48.11 | — |
| United | STARKids | $48.11 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $48.11 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $48.11 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $48.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $48.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $48.11 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $50.01 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $50.52 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $51.96 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $51.96 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $52.92 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $52.92 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $52.92 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $52.92 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $60.14 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $68.19 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $68.25 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $76.16 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $76.16 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $76.16 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $96.39 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $129.37 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $137.86 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | — |
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Ultrasound dx ophth b-scan at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $366.50 | $48.11 – $458.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $393.89 | $81.08 – $590.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $380.47 | $48.11 – $475.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $366.50 | $48.11 – $458.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $393.89 | $51.48 – $590.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $393.89 | $48.11 – $590.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $380.47 | $48.11 – $570.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $366.50 | $48.11 – $458.12 |