X-ray knee 1-2 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.

$33.89 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $887.80 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 $33.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.41
Amerigroup CHIP $34.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $34.41
United STAR $34.41
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $34.41
United CHIP $34.41
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.41
United STARPerinate $34.41
United STARPLUS $34.41
United STARKids $34.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.16
Molina CHIP $37.85
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.85
Molina STARKIDS $37.85
Molina MCDSTAR $37.85
Humana MGMCD $43.01
Aetna QHPHIX $43.70
Aetna NewBusiness $59.92
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $62.15
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.15
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $62.15
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.15
Aetna COMM $64.18
Aetna Meritain $64.18
Aetna OON $75.28
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Humana COMM $90.94
BCBS BluePremier $98.17
Cigna LocalPlus $101.76
Cigna NewBusiness $101.86
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna NetworkBenefit $113.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.66
Cigna HMO $113.66
Cigna IFP $119.85
Cigna QHP $124.29
Cigna AllOther $143.85
United OptionsPPO $156.25
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $217.51
Unicare CHIP $221.95
Evry Health COMM $229.05
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $300.08
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Curative Administrators COMM $355.12
BCBS Traditional $394.18
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $399.51
City of McKinney COMM $399.51
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $443.90
Aetna ASA $467.87
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $488.29
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $488.29
Aetna WCOMP $488.29
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $488.29
Averde Health, Inc PPO $514.92
USC Health Services COMM $532.68
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $621.46
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $621.46
Jostens WCOMP $621.46
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $621.46
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $648.09
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $665.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $665.85
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $710.24
USA Managed Care COMM $710.24
Randalls Food Market PPO $710.24
Galaxy Health Network PPO $754.63
Unicare MCD $887.80
Independent Medical Systems COMM $887.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $887.80

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X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $558.73 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $273.20 $34.41 – $341.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $277.32 $57.08 – $415.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $379.64 $34.41 – $474.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $273.20 $34.41 – $341.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $277.32 $36.82 – $415.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $277.32 $34.41 – $415.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $379.64 $34.41 – $569.46

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