Urinalysis glass test 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.

$2.82 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $42.29 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.82
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.82
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $3.89
Amerigroup CHIP $3.95
United STARPerinate $3.95
United STARPLUS $3.95
United STARKids $3.95
United CHIP $3.95
United STAR $3.95
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.95
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.15
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.27
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.27
Molina MCDSTAR $4.35
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.35
Molina CHIP $4.35
Molina STARKIDS $4.35
WellMed MGMCR $4.68
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.70
Devoted Health MME $4.70
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.70
Devoted Health PPO $4.70
United MGMCR $4.70
Devoted Health SNP $4.70
Devoted Health HMO $4.70
Devoted Health POS $4.70
Devoted Health MCR $4.70
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.70
BCBS MCRPPO $4.70
Humana MGMCR $4.70
United AllPayerAppendix $4.70
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.70
United SmallGroup $4.70
Aetna MCR $4.74
Care N Care MGMCR $4.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.79
WellCare MGMCR $4.84
Integranet MGMCR $4.84
Humana MGMCD $4.94
Humana Tricare $4.94
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.94
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.94
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.94
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.94
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.94
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.94
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.94
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.94
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.98
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.98
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.09
Molina MME $5.12
Molina MMP $5.12
Molina MCR $5.12
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.17
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.64
Aetna QHPHIX $5.98
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.11
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.05
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.05
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.05
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.05
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.22
Aetna NewBusiness $8.23
Superior ValueHMO $8.41
Aetna Meritain $8.77
Aetna COMM $8.77
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.93
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.31
BCBS BluePremier $9.92
Aetna OON $10.32
Superior HMO $10.53
Superior EPO $10.53
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.61
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.61
BCBS EPOSOA $12.17
Oscar HIX $12.22
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.31
BCBS PPO $12.74
Cigna LocalPlus $18.09
Cigna NewBusiness $18.11
Cigna NetworkBenefit $20.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.20
Cigna HMO $20.20
Cigna AllOther $25.57
Humana COMM $42.29
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