Culture typing glc/hplc 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.

$7.51 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $139.11 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $7.51
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $7.51
United STARKids $10.52
United STAR $10.52
United CHIP $10.52
United STARPerinate $10.52
United STARPLUS $10.52
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.52
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.52
Amerigroup CHIP $10.52
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.05
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.36
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.36
BCBS TriWestGOV $12.27
WellMed MGMCR $12.46
Humana MGMCR $12.52
Devoted Health SNP $12.52
Devoted Health HMO $12.52
Devoted Health POS $12.52
Devoted Health MCR $12.52
Devoted Health MME $12.52
Devoted Health PPO $12.52
United AllPayerAppendix $12.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.52
United SmallGroup $12.52
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.52
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $12.52
BCBS MCRPPO $12.52
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.52
TriWest Veterans FED $12.52
United MGMCR $12.58
Care N Care MGMCR $12.65
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $12.77
Integranet MGMCR $12.90
WellCare MGMCR $12.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $13.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $13.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $13.15
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $13.15
ProCare Advantge MCR $13.15
Humana MGMCD $13.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $13.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $13.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $13.15
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $13.27
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $13.27
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.55
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $13.77
Aetna QHPHIX $15.92
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $16.28
Molina MMP $19.91
Molina MME $19.91
Molina MCR $19.91
BCBS BluePremier $21.41
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $21.91
Aetna NewBusiness $21.93
Superior ValueHMO $22.41
Aetna Meritain $23.36
Aetna COMM $23.36
Aetna OON $27.49
Superior EPO $28.04
Superior HMO $28.04
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.92
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.92
BCBS EPOSOA $32.43
Oscar HIX $32.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $32.80
BCBS PPO $33.93
Cigna LocalPlus $47.77
Cigna NewBusiness $47.82
Cigna NetworkBenefit $53.36
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $53.36
Cigna HMO $53.36
Cigna AllOther $67.53
Humana COMM $139.11

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