Collar cerv ascend 172 reg 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.

$6.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $914.96 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $6.15
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $6.15
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.15
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.15
Cigna IFP $11.86
Cigna QHP $12.30
United OptionsPPO $21.18
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $21.71
Cigna LocalPlus $23.20
Cigna NewBusiness $23.20
Cigna HMO $25.92
Cigna NetworkBenefit $25.92
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.92
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $28.03
BCBS BlueEssentials $28.03
BCBS EPOSOA $29.44
BCBS PPO $30.76
Cigna AllOther $32.78
BCBS Traditional $39.02
Aetna ASA $46.31
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $51.76
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $51.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $62.39
Parker County LOGOV $65.91
TriWest Veterans FED $70.30
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $87.88
Independent Medical Systems COMM $87.88
BCBS MGMCRHMO $158.78
BCBS MCRPPO $158.78
Humana COMM $914.96

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $286.37 $21.39 – $100.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $151.61 $8.24 – $60.05
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $151.61 $12.85 – $60.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $151.61 $20.68 – $60.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $151.61 $13.34 – $60.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $286.37 $20.13 – $100.67

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