Vein x-ray skull 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.
$153.36 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $6,438.74 with United — 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 |
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| TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK | MCD | $153.36 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $153.82 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $155.70 | — |
| United | CHIP | $155.70 | — |
| United | STAR | $155.70 | — |
| United | STARKids | $155.70 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $155.70 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $155.70 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $155.70 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $155.70 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $155.70 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $155.70 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $163.48 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $163.83 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $163.83 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $168.16 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $168.16 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $171.27 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $171.27 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $171.27 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $171.27 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $172.75 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $194.63 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $236.85 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $253.72 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $253.72 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $297.59 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $365.83 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $380.40 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $380.78 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $424.88 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $424.88 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $424.88 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $486.48 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $486.48 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $510.24 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $534.01 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $537.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $826.97 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $826.97 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
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Vein x-ray skull at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,122.85 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,864.02 | $383.68 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,834.89 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,122.85 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,864.02 | $166.60 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,864.02 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,834.89 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,122.85 | $155.70 – $7,896.23 |