Culture screening strep group a 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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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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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.

$3.98 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $503.61 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.98
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.98
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.57
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.57
Amerigroup CHIP $5.57
United STAR $5.57
United STARPerinate $5.57
United STARPLUS $5.57
United STARKids $5.57
United CHIP $5.57
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.02
Aetna Better Health CHIP $6.02
BCBS TriWestGOV $6.50
WellMed MGMCR $6.60
United AllPayerAppendix $6.63
Devoted Health SNP $6.63
Devoted Health HMO $6.63
Devoted Health POS $6.63
Devoted Health MCR $6.63
Devoted Health MME $6.63
TriWest Veterans FED $6.63
Humana MGMCR $6.63
Devoted Health PPO $6.63
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.63
BCBS MCRPPO $6.63
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $6.63
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.63
United SmallGroup $6.63
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.63
United MGMCR $6.66
Care N Care MGMCR $6.70
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.76
WellCare MGMCR $6.83
Integranet MGMCR $6.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.96
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.96
Humana MGMCD $6.96
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.96
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.96
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.96
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.96
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.96
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.96
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $7.03
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $7.03
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.18
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $7.29
Aetna QHPHIX $8.44
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $8.62
Molina MCR $10.54
Molina MMP $10.54
Molina MME $10.54
BCBS BluePremier $11.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.60
Aetna NewBusiness $11.62
Superior ValueHMO $11.87
Aetna Meritain $12.38
Aetna COMM $12.38
Aetna OON $14.57
Superior EPO $14.85
Superior HMO $14.85
BCBS BlueEssentials $16.38
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $16.38
BCBS EPOSOA $17.17
Oscar HIX $17.24
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.37
BCBS PPO $17.97
Cigna LocalPlus $25.83
Cigna NewBusiness $25.86
Cigna NetworkBenefit $28.85
Cigna HMO $28.85
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.85
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.25
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $35.25
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $35.25
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.25
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.25
Cigna AllOther $36.51
Cigna IFP $67.99
Cigna QHP $70.51
Humana COMM $73.61
United OptionsPPO $121.37
Evry Health COMM $129.93
BCBS Traditional $223.60
Aetna ASA $265.40
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $296.63
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $296.63
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $352.53
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $357.56
Parker County LOGOV $377.71
Independent Medical Systems COMM $503.61
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $503.61

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $216.05 $5.97 – $25.53
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $107.77 $5.57 – $87.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.97 $9.72 – $105.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $104.31 $5.57 – $87.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $107.77 $5.57 – $87.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $109.97 $5.96 – $105.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $109.97 $5.57 – $105.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $104.31 $5.57 – $105.19

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