Battery elec/combo vad, rep 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

$32,400.00

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.

$32,400.00

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.

$1,819.49 with BCBS vs $32,400.00 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
BCBS MCRPPO $1,819.49 ↓ -94%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1,819.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,268.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2,268.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2,268.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,268.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,268.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $4,374.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $4,536.00 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $7,808.40 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8,002.80 ↓ -75%
Cigna LocalPlus $8,553.60 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $8,553.60 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9,558.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $9,558.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $9,558.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,335.60 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,335.60 ↓ -68%
Humana COMM $10,484.96 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $10,854.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS PPO $11,340.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $12,085.20 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $14,385.60 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $17,074.80 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $19,083.60 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $19,083.60 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $23,004.00 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $24,300.00 ↓ -25%
TriWest Veterans FED $25,920.00 ↓ -20%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $32,400.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $32,400.00 ↑ +0%

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