Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL
713 East Anderson Street, Weatherford, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1417471467
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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.
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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.
$234.23 with United vs $7,639.60 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.
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 |
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| United | CHIP | $234.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $234.23 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $234.23 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $234.23 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $234.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $234.23 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $234.23 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $234.23 | — |
| United | STARKids | $234.23 | — |
| United | STAR | $234.23 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $245.94 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $252.97 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $252.97 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $292.79 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $341.20 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $341.20 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $454.40 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $481.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $534.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $534.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $534.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $534.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $534.77 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,031.35 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,066.39 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,069.54 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,841.14 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,391.98 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,026.07 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,499.72 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,499.72 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,424.12 | — |
| Parker County | LOGOV | $5,729.70 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,639.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,639.60 | — |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,753.94 | $234.23 – $2,192.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,000.98 | $411.87 – $3,001.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,264.12 | $234.23 – $2,830.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,753.94 | $234.23 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,000.98 | $250.63 – $3,001.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,000.98 | $234.23 – $3,001.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,264.12 | $234.23 – $3,396.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,753.94 | $234.23 – $2,192.43 |