Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$802.25

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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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$802.25

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.

$36.45 with BCBS vs $802.25 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.

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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 BluePremier $36.45 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $39.09 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $39.09 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $39.09 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $39.09 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $39.09 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.09 ↓ -95%
United STAR $39.09 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $39.09 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $39.09 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $39.09 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $40.13 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $41.04 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $42.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $42.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $45.95 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $48.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $56.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $56.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.16 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $63.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Meritain $67.49 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $67.49 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $79.16 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $108.30 ↓ -87%
Cigna LocalPlus $110.78 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $110.89 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $112.31 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $119.15 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueEssentials $119.15 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $123.74 ↓ -85%
Cigna HMO $123.74 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $123.74 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $124.97 ↓ -84%
Humana COMM $127.97 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $130.79 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -81%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -81%
Cigna AllOther $156.61 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $193.34 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $206.98 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $356.20 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $422.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $472.53 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $472.53 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $561.58 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $569.60 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $601.69 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $802.25 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $802.25 ↑ +0%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $567.84 $117.93 – $117.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $398.56 $82.04 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.36 $39.09 – $462.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $398.56 $41.83 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $398.56 $39.09 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $370.36 $39.09 – $555.53

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