X-ray cervical spine >= 6 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

$819.09

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.

$819.09

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.

$57.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $819.09 with Unicare — 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 STARHealth $57.34 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $57.34 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.34 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.34 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.34 ↓ -93%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $61.87 ↓ -92%
United STARPerinate $62.81 ↓ -92%
United STARPLUS $62.81 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup CHIP $62.81 ↓ -92%
United CHIP $62.81 ↓ -92%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $62.81 ↓ -92%
United STAR $62.81 ↓ -92%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $62.81 ↓ -92%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $62.81 ↓ -92%
United STARKids $62.81 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.81 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $65.95 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.83 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.83 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $69.09 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $69.09 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $69.09 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $69.09 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $78.51 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPHIX $80.33 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $110.14 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $110.58 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $114.67 ↓ -86%
Aetna Meritain $117.99 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $117.99 ↓ -86%
BCBS BluePremier $137.86 ↓ -83%
Aetna OON $138.39 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $144.16 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -82%
Humana COMM $150.75 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -81%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -81%
Cigna LocalPlus $185.67 ↓ -77%
Cigna NewBusiness $185.85 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $200.68 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $204.77 ↓ -75%
Cigna HMO $207.38 ↓ -75%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $207.38 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $207.38 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $211.33 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -70%
Cigna AllOther $262.46 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $276.85 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $327.64 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $363.68 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $368.59 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $368.59 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $409.55 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $431.66 ↓ -47%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -47%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $450.50 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $450.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $450.50 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $450.50 ↓ -45%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $475.07 ↓ -42%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $491.45 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $573.36 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $573.36 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $573.36 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $573.36 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $597.94 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $614.32 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $614.32 ↓ -25%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $655.27 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $655.27 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $655.27 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $696.23 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $819.09 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $819.09 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $819.09 ↑ +0%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,087.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $538.91 $110.93 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $643.60 $62.81 – $804.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $538.91 $67.21 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $538.91 $62.81 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $643.60 $62.81 – $965.40

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