X-ray hand 2 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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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.

$31.26 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $738.27 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $31.26
Amerigroup CHIP $31.74
United STARPerinate $31.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $31.74
United STARPLUS $31.74
United STARKids $31.74
United STAR $31.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $31.74
United CHIP $31.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $31.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $33.33
Aetna Better Health MCD $34.28
Aetna Better Health CHIP $34.28
Molina STARKIDS $34.91
Molina MCDSTAR $34.91
Molina CHIP $34.91
Molina STAR+PLUS $34.91
Aetna QHPHIX $38.63
Humana MGMCD $39.67
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.68
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $51.68
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $51.68
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.68
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.68
Aetna NewBusiness $52.97
Aetna Meritain $56.74
Aetna COMM $56.74
Aetna OON $66.55
Humana COMM $79.55
Cigna LocalPlus $90.13
Cigna NewBusiness $90.22
Cigna IFP $99.67
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $100.67
Cigna NetworkBenefit $100.67
Cigna HMO $100.67
Cigna QHP $103.36
Cigna AllOther $127.40
United OptionsPPO $129.94
BCBS BluePremier $137.86
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $180.88
Unicare CHIP $184.57
Evry Health COMM $190.47
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $249.54
Curative Administrators COMM $295.31
BCBS Traditional $327.79
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $332.22
City of McKinney COMM $332.22
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $369.13
Aetna ASA $389.07
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $406.05
Aetna WCOMP $406.05
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $406.05
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $406.05
Averde Health, Inc PPO $428.20
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
USC Health Services COMM $442.96
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $516.79
Jostens WCOMP $516.79
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $516.79
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $516.79
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $538.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $553.70
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $553.70
Randalls Food Market PPO $590.62
USA Managed Care COMM $590.62
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $590.62
Galaxy Health Network PPO $627.53
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $738.27
Independent Medical Systems COMM $738.27
Unicare MCD $738.27

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $495.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $356.60 $73.40 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.93 $31.74 – $428.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $356.60 $33.96 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $356.60 $31.74 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $342.93 $31.74 – $514.39

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