Brace knee 32in univ t-scope short lt/rt 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.

$558.06 with BCBS vs $6,080.79 with Humana — 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 MGMCRHMO $558.06
BCBS MCRPPO $558.06
BCBS TriWestGOV $870.63
WellMed MGMCR $883.96
Devoted Health MCR $888.40
Devoted Health MME $888.40
Humana MGMCR $888.40
TriWest Veterans FED $888.40
Devoted Health SNP $888.40
Devoted Health HMO $888.40
Devoted Health POS $888.40
Amerigroup DualEligible $888.40
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $888.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $888.40
Devoted Health PPO $888.40
United MGMCR $892.84
Care N Care MGMCR $897.28
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $906.17
WellCare MGMCR $915.05
Integranet MGMCR $915.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $932.82
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $932.82
ProCare Advantge MCR $932.82
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $932.82
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $932.82
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $932.82
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $932.82
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $932.82
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $941.70
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $941.70
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $977.24
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1,154.92
Molina MMP $1,412.56
Molina MME $1,412.56
Molina MCR $1,412.56
Superior ValueHMO $1,590.24
Superior EPO $1,990.02
Superior HMO $1,990.02
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,327.61
Humana COMM $6,080.79

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Brace knee 32in univ t-scope short lt/rt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $561.67 – $1,232.23
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $561.67 – $1,232.23
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $561.67 – $1,232.23
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $561.67 – $1,232.23
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $561.67 – $1,232.23
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $561.67 – $1,232.23
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $561.67 – $1,232.23
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $561.67 – $1,232.23

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