Whole blood for transfusion 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.
$57.81 with Aetna vs $3,196.54 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 | $57.81 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $79.63 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $84.81 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $84.81 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $99.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $223.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $223.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $223.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $223.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $223.76 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $431.53 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $447.52 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $562.59 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $664.88 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $783.15 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $789.55 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $789.55 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $799.13 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $824.71 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $843.89 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $843.89 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $933.39 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $942.98 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $942.98 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $942.98 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,019.70 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,019.70 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,070.84 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,080.43 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,118.79 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,122.56 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,192.31 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,278.62 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,419.26 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,438.44 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,438.44 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,598.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,684.58 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,758.10 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,758.10 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,758.10 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,758.10 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,853.99 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,917.92 | — |
| Jostens | WCOMP | $2,237.58 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,237.58 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,237.58 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,237.58 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,333.47 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,397.41 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,397.41 | — |
| Randalls Food Market | PPO | $2,557.23 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,557.23 | — |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan | $2,557.23 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,717.06 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,196.54 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,196.54 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,196.54 | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $487.92 | $138.24 – $609.90 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $487.92 | $130.11 – $609.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $485.68 | $155.90 – $728.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $485.68 | $250.93 – $728.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $509.96 | $169.99 – $764.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $487.92 | $130.11 – $609.90 |