Assay of urine sulfate at MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL

713 East Anderson Street, Weatherford, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1417471467

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.

$3.29 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $206.72 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.29
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.29
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.61
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.61
Amerigroup CHIP $4.61
United STAR $4.61
United STARPerinate $4.61
United STARPLUS $4.61
United STARKids $4.61
United CHIP $4.61
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.84
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.98
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.98
BCBS TriWestGOV $5.38
WellMed MGMCR $5.46
United AllPayerAppendix $5.49
Devoted Health SNP $5.49
Devoted Health HMO $5.49
Devoted Health POS $5.49
Devoted Health MCR $5.49
Devoted Health MME $5.49
TriWest Veterans FED $5.49
Humana MGMCR $5.49
Devoted Health PPO $5.49
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.49
BCBS MCRPPO $5.49
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.49
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.49
United SmallGroup $5.49
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.49
United MGMCR $5.52
Care N Care MGMCR $5.54
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.60
WellCare MGMCR $5.65
Integranet MGMCR $5.65
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.76
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.76
Humana MGMCD $5.76
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.82
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.82
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.94
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.04
Aetna QHPHIX $6.97
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.14
Molina MMP $8.73
Molina MCR $8.73
Molina MME $8.73
BCBS BluePremier $9.39
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.61
Aetna NewBusiness $9.61
Superior ValueHMO $9.83
Aetna Meritain $10.23
Aetna COMM $10.23
Aetna OON $12.04
Superior EPO $12.30
Superior HMO $12.30
BCBS BlueEssentials $13.56
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $13.56
BCBS EPOSOA $14.22
Oscar HIX $14.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.38
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $14.47
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.47
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.47
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.47
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $14.47
BCBS PPO $14.88
Cigna LocalPlus $20.66
Cigna NewBusiness $20.68
Cigna NetworkBenefit $23.07
Cigna HMO $23.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.07
Cigna IFP $27.91
Cigna QHP $28.94
Cigna AllOther $29.20
United OptionsPPO $49.82
Humana COMM $52.73
Evry Health COMM $53.33
BCBS Traditional $91.78
Aetna ASA $108.94
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $121.76
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $121.76
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $144.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $146.77
Parker County LOGOV $155.04
Independent Medical Systems COMM $206.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $206.72

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