X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) 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.

$32.58 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,422.63 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 $32.58
United STARKids $33.08
United STAR $33.08
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $33.08
United STARPLUS $33.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08
Amerigroup CHIP $33.08
United CHIP $33.08
United STARPerinate $33.08
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.73
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.73
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.73
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.39
Molina STARKIDS $36.39
Molina MCDSTAR $36.39
Molina CHIP $36.39
Aetna QHPHIX $40.32
Humana MGMCD $41.35
Aetna NewBusiness $55.28
Aetna Meritain $59.22
Aetna COMM $59.22
Aetna OON $69.46
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Humana COMM $90.94
Cigna LocalPlus $94.02
Cigna NewBusiness $94.11
BCBS BluePremier $98.17
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $99.58
Superior Health Plan STARKids $99.58
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $99.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $99.58
Superior Health Plan CHIP $99.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $105.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $105.01
Cigna HMO $105.01
Cigna AllOther $132.90
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna IFP $192.06
Cigna QHP $199.17
United OptionsPPO $250.38
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $348.54
Unicare CHIP $355.66
Evry Health COMM $367.04
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $480.85
Curative Administrators COMM $569.05
BCBS Traditional $631.65
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $640.18
City of McKinney COMM $640.18
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $711.32
Aetna ASA $749.73
Aetna WCOMP $782.45
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $782.45
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $782.45
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $782.45
Averde Health, Inc PPO $825.13
USC Health Services COMM $853.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $995.84
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $995.84
Jostens WCOMP $995.84
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $995.84
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,038.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,066.97
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,066.97
Randalls Food Market PPO $1,138.10
USA Managed Care COMM $1,138.10
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,138.10
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,209.24
Unicare MCD $1,422.63
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,422.63
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,422.63

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X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $613.26 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $414.68 $85.36 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $440.72 $33.08 – $550.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $414.68 $35.40 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $414.68 $33.08 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $440.72 $33.08 – $661.08

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