Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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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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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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.

$8.15 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $652.83 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

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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.15
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.83
United AllPayerAppendix $13.23
United SmallGroup $13.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.23
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.39
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.39
BCBS EPOSOA $15.11
BCBS PPO $15.82
BCBS BluePremier $17.73
Humana COMM $39.49
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $45.70
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $45.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.70
Superior Health Plan CHIP $45.70
Cigna LocalPlus $48.29
Cigna NewBusiness $48.33
Cigna HMO $53.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $53.94
Cigna NetworkBenefit $53.94
Cigna AllOther $68.24
Cigna IFP $88.13
Cigna QHP $91.40
Aetna QHPHIX $106.41
Aetna NewBusiness $155.37
United OptionsPPO $157.33
Aetna COMM $167.12
Aetna Meritain $167.12
Aetna OON $195.85
BCBS Traditional $289.86
Aetna ASA $344.04
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $384.52
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $384.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $463.51
Parker County LOGOV $489.62
TriWest Veterans FED $522.26
Independent Medical Systems COMM $652.83
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $652.83

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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $554.84 $10.97 – $10.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $146.40 $7.76 – $38.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $146.40 $5.64 – $41.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $146.40 $5.48 – $34.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $146.40 $7.30 – $38.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $146.40 $8.67 – $41.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $146.40 $8.67 – $41.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $146.40 $8.67 – $41.08

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