Anterior thoracic extension at MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL
713 East Anderson Street, Weatherford, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1417471467
$2,100.00
Cash price 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.
$2,100.00
Gross charge 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.
$147.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,100.00 with Independent Medical Systems — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $147.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $147.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $147.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $147.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $147.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $283.50 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $285.28 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $285.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $294.00 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $506.10 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $518.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $554.40 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $554.40 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $619.50 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $619.50 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $619.50 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $669.90 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $669.90 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $703.50 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | PPO | $735.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $783.30 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $932.40 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,106.70 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,236.90 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,236.90 | ↓ -41% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,491.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Parker County | LOGOV | $1,575.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,643.92 | ↓ -22% |
| TriWest Veterans | FED | $1,680.00 | ↓ -20% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,100.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,100.00 | ↑ +0% |
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| MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL | RED OAK | $2,100.00 | $282.26 – $762.39 |
| MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL | Irving | $1,320.00 | $282.26 – $762.39 |
| MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL | North Richland Hills | $1,358.00 | $282.26 – $762.39 |
| MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL | FT WORTH | $1,427.00 | $282.26 – $762.39 |
| MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL | McKinney | $1,069.00 | $282.26 – $762.39 |