Cover wrist 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.

$22.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,295.98 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 $22.75
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $22.75
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.75
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.75
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.75
Cigna IFP $43.88
Cigna QHP $45.50
United OptionsPPO $78.33
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $80.28
Cigna LocalPlus $85.80
Cigna NewBusiness $85.80
Cigna HMO $95.88
Cigna NetworkBenefit $95.88
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.88
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $103.67
BCBS BlueEssentials $103.67
BCBS EPOSOA $108.88
BCBS PPO $113.75
Cigna AllOther $121.22
BCBS Traditional $144.30
Aetna ASA $171.28
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $191.43
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $191.43
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $230.75
Parker County LOGOV $243.75
TriWest Veterans FED $260.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $325.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $325.00
BCBS MGMCRHMO $398.42
BCBS MCRPPO $398.42
Humana COMM $2,295.98

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