Budesonide non-comp unit 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.

$1.19 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $234.63 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.19
United AllPayerAppendix $1.73
United SmallGroup $1.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.73
Cigna LocalPlus $7.75
Cigna NewBusiness $7.75
Cigna HMO $8.65
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8.65
Cigna NetworkBenefit $8.65
Cigna AllOther $10.95
Humana COMM $16.17
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.42
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $16.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.42
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $19.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $28.48
BCBS BlueEssentials $28.48
BCBS EPOSOA $29.89
BCBS PPO $31.30
Cigna IFP $31.68
Cigna QHP $32.85
BCBS BluePremier $35.08
Aetna QHPHIX $38.24
Aetna NewBusiness $55.84
United OptionsPPO $56.55
Aetna Meritain $60.07
Aetna COMM $60.07
Aetna OON $70.39
BCBS Traditional $104.18
Aetna ASA $123.65
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $138.20
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $138.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $166.59
Parker County LOGOV $175.97
TriWest Veterans FED $187.70
Independent Medical Systems COMM $234.63
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $234.63

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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $22.52
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $67.60 $1.19 – $22.01
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $29.28
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $84.45 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $38.63 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $73.03 not published
MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL Argyle $109.79 $1.15 – $19.46
MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SAGINAW $140.31 $1.15 – $19.46

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