X-ray sella turcica 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 $340.79 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
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $32.58
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $33.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.08
United CHIP $33.08
United STAR $33.08
United STARKids $33.08
United STARPLUS $33.08
United STARPerinate $33.08
Amerigroup CHIP $33.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.08
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.73
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.73
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.73
Molina STARKIDS $36.39
Molina MCDSTAR $36.39
Molina CHIP $36.39
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.39
Aetna QHPHIX $40.32
Humana MGMCD $41.35
Aetna NewBusiness $55.28
Aetna COMM $59.22
Aetna Meritain $59.22
Aetna OON $69.46
Humana COMM $83.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $92.69
Cigna NewBusiness $92.79
BCBS BluePremier $98.17
Cigna HMO $103.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.53
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna AllOther $131.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79

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X-ray sella turcica at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $92.48 $33.08 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.74 $41.32 – $301.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $210.77 $33.08 – $263.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $92.48 $33.08 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.74 $35.40 – $301.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $200.74 $33.08 – $301.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $210.77 $33.08 – $316.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $92.48 $33.08 – $225.11

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