X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study 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

$1,795.81

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.

$1,795.81

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.

$123.09 with TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK vs $1,795.81 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 $123.09 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $124.96 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $124.96 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $124.96 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $124.96 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $124.96 ↓ -93%
United STAR $124.96 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $124.96 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $124.96 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $124.96 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $124.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $125.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $125.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $125.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $125.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $125.71 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $131.21 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $134.96 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $134.96 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $137.46 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $137.46 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $137.46 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $137.46 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCD $156.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPHIX $176.69 ↓ -90%
BCBS BluePremier $224.13 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $238.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $238.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $242.26 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $242.43 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $251.41 ↓ -86%
Aetna Meritain $259.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $259.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $304.38 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $316.06 ↓ -82%
Cigna LocalPlus $394.88 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $395.28 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -78%
Humana COMM $411.42 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $439.97 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $441.06 ↓ -75%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $441.06 ↓ -75%
Cigna HMO $441.06 ↓ -75%
Unicare CHIP $448.95 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $463.32 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $558.21 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $606.98 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -61%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $718.32 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -59%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $797.34 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $808.11 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $808.11 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $897.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $946.39 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $987.70 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $987.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $987.70 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $987.70 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,041.57 ↓ -42%
USC Health Services COMM $1,077.49 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,257.07 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,257.07 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,257.07 ↓ -30%
Jostens WCOMP $1,257.07 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,310.94 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,346.86 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,346.86 ↓ -25%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,436.65 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,436.65 ↓ -20%
Randalls Food Market PPO $1,436.65 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,526.44 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,795.81 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,795.81 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,795.81 ↑ +0%

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