Bx spinal cord pq ndl 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.
$486.45 with United vs $4,723.00 with Oscar — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $486.45 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $486.45 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $486.45 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $486.45 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $486.45 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $486.45 | — |
| United | STARKids | $486.45 | — |
| United | STAR | $486.45 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $510.77 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $510.77 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $510.77 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $583.74 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $583.74 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $608.06 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $1,667.42 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,740.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,756.00 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,017.72 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,095.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,097.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,340.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,340.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,340.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,356.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $2,607.94 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,838.00 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,960.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,992.27 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,992.27 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,000.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,143.25 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,294.24 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $4,116.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $4,723.00 | — |
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Bx spinal cord pq ndl at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $8,656.53 | $1,659.12 – $3,318.25 |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon | San Antonio | $806.85 | $486.45 – $3,042.74 |
| CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont | Beaumont | $1,112.43 | $486.45 – $4,989.00 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $2,983.00 | $1,650.09 – $4,138.00 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $2,983.00 | $1,659.12 – $4,138.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $2,983.00 | $1,650.09 – $4,138.00 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $2,983.00 | $2,290.00 – $3,894.00 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $2,983.00 | $796.11 – $4,138.00 |