X-ray shoulder 1 view (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.

$21.38 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $615.68 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 $21.38
United STARPerinate $21.71
Amerigroup CHIP $21.71
United STARPLUS $21.71
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $21.71
United STARKids $21.71
United STAR $21.71
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.71
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $21.71
United CHIP $21.71
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $21.71
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $22.80
Aetna QHPHIX $23.40
Aetna Better Health MCD $23.45
Aetna Better Health CHIP $23.45
Molina STARKIDS $23.88
Molina STAR+PLUS $23.88
Molina MCDSTAR $23.88
Molina CHIP $23.88
Humana MGMCD $27.14
Aetna NewBusiness $32.08
Aetna COMM $34.37
Aetna Meritain $34.37
Aetna OON $40.31
Superior Health Plan CHIP $43.10
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $43.10
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $43.10
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $43.10
Superior Health Plan STARKids $43.10
Cigna LocalPlus $55.27
Cigna NewBusiness $55.33
Humana COMM $59.60
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.73
Cigna HMO $61.73
Cigna NetworkBenefit $61.73
Cigna AllOther $78.13
Cigna IFP $83.12
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna QHP $86.20
BCBS BluePremier $98.17
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
United OptionsPPO $108.36
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $150.84
Unicare CHIP $153.92
Evry Health COMM $158.85
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $208.10
Curative Administrators COMM $246.27
BCBS Traditional $273.36
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $277.06
City of McKinney COMM $277.06
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $307.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
Aetna ASA $324.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Aetna WCOMP $338.62
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $338.62
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $338.62
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $338.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $357.09
USC Health Services COMM $369.41
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $430.98
Jostens WCOMP $430.98
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $430.98
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $430.98
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $449.45
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $461.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $461.76
Randalls Food Market PPO $492.54
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $492.54
USA Managed Care COMM $492.54
Galaxy Health Network PPO $523.33
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $615.68
Independent Medical Systems COMM $615.68
Unicare MCD $615.68

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X-ray shoulder 1 view (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $440.62 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $268.60 $21.71 – $335.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $399.27 $82.18 – $598.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $320.82 $21.71 – $401.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $268.60 $21.71 – $335.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $399.27 $23.23 – $598.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $399.27 $21.71 – $598.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $320.82 $21.71 – $481.23

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