X-ray abdomen >=3 views 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.

$42.45 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,436.11 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $42.45
Amerigroup CHIP $43.10
United STARPerinate $43.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $43.10
United STARPLUS $43.10
United STARKids $43.10
United STAR $43.10
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $43.10
United CHIP $43.10
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $43.10
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $45.26
Aetna Better Health MCD $46.55
Aetna Better Health CHIP $46.55
Molina STARKIDS $47.41
Molina MCDSTAR $47.41
Molina CHIP $47.41
Molina STAR+PLUS $47.41
Aetna QHPHIX $51.02
Humana MGMCD $53.88
Aetna NewBusiness $69.95
Aetna COMM $74.94
Aetna Meritain $74.94
Aetna OON $87.89
Superior Health Plan STARKids $100.53
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $100.53
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $100.53
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $100.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $100.53
Humana COMM $100.89
Cigna LocalPlus $117.24
Cigna NewBusiness $117.36
Cigna NetworkBenefit $130.95
Cigna HMO $130.95
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $130.95
BCBS BluePremier $137.86
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna AllOther $165.73
Cigna IFP $193.87
Cigna QHP $201.06
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United OptionsPPO $252.76
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $351.85
Unicare CHIP $359.03
Evry Health COMM $370.52
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $485.41
Curative Administrators COMM $574.44
BCBS Traditional $637.63
City of McKinney COMM $646.25
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $646.25
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $718.05
Aetna ASA $756.83
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $789.86
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $789.86
Aetna WCOMP $789.86
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $789.86
Averde Health, Inc PPO $832.94
USC Health Services COMM $861.67
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,005.28
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,005.28
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,005.28
Jostens WCOMP $1,005.28
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,048.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,077.08
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,077.08
Randalls Food Market PPO $1,148.89
USA Managed Care COMM $1,148.89
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,148.89
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,220.69
Unicare MCD $1,436.11
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,436.11
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,436.11

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X-ray abdomen >=3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $646.31 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $244.51 $43.10 – $305.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $331.54 $68.24 – $497.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $344.12 $43.10 – $430.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $244.51 $43.10 – $305.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $331.54 $46.12 – $497.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $331.54 $43.10 – $497.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $344.12 $43.10 – $516.19

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