CT neck soft tissue w/contrast 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

$5,838.58

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$5,838.58

Gross charge

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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.

$175.06 with United vs $5,838.58 with Independent Medical Systems — 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

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

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
United STARPerinate $175.06 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $175.06 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $175.06 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $175.06 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $175.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $175.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06 ↓ -97%
United STAR $175.06 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $175.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $216.84 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $218.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $408.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $408.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $408.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $408.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $408.70 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $538.17 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $788.21 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $817.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,407.10 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $2,592.33 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $3,076.93 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,438.92 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,438.92 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,145.39 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $4,378.94 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,838.58 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,838.58 ↑ +0%

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CT neck soft tissue w/contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,662.15 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,984.18 $167.39 – $2,480.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,047.72 $236.02 – $3,071.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,598.34 $167.39 – $3,247.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,984.18 $167.39 – $2,480.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,047.72 $167.39 – $3,071.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,047.72 $175.06 – $3,071.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,598.34 $167.39 – $3,897.50

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