X-ray bone survey infant 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

$373.18

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.

$373.18

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.

$26.12 with Superior Health Plan 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $26.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $26.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.12 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $50.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $52.25 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $65.68 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $91.43 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $93.30 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $96.28 ↓ -74%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $103.18 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -72%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -72%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $104.75 ↓ -72%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -72%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -72%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -72%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $104.75 ↓ -72%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -72%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -72%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -71%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -70%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -69%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -69%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -69%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -69%
Aetna QHPHIX $124.29 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $126.13 ↓ -66%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -65%
BCBS BluePremier $137.86 ↓ -63%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -61%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $149.27 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -59%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $165.69 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $167.93 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $167.93 ↓ -55%
Aetna NewBusiness $170.41 ↓ -54%
Aetna COMM $182.55 ↓ -51%
Aetna Meritain $182.55 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $186.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $196.67 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $205.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $205.25 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $205.25 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $205.25 ↓ -45%
Aetna OON $214.11 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $216.44 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $223.91 ↓ -40%
Humana COMM $243.34 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -34%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $261.23 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $261.23 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $261.23 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $261.23 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $272.42 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $279.88 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $279.88 ↓ -25%
Cigna LocalPlus $287.43 ↓ -23%
Cigna NewBusiness $287.71 ↓ -23%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $298.54 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $298.54 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $298.54 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $317.20 ↓ -15%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $321.04 ↓ -14%
Cigna HMO $321.04 ↓ -14%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $321.04 ↓ -14%
Unicare MCD $373.18 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $373.18 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $373.18 ↑ +0%
Cigna AllOther $406.31 ↑ +9%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↑ +17%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↑ +17%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↑ +23%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↑ +28%

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