Echo exam of fetal heart 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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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.

$70.16 with United vs $478.58 with BCBS — 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

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 STARKids $70.16
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $70.16
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $70.16
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $70.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $70.16
Amerigroup CHIP $70.16
United STAR $70.16
United STARPerinate $70.16
United STARPLUS $70.16
United CHIP $70.16
Aetna QHPHIX $72.99
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $73.67
Aetna Better Health MCD $75.77
Aetna Better Health CHIP $75.77
Humana MGMCD $87.70
Aetna NewBusiness $100.07
Aetna Meritain $107.20
Aetna COMM $107.20
Aetna OON $125.73
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna LocalPlus $163.73
Cigna NewBusiness $163.89
Cigna HMO $182.87
Cigna NetworkBenefit $182.87
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $182.87
Humana COMM $189.22
Cigna AllOther $231.45
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $429.87 $88.48 – $644.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $306.05 $70.16 – $382.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $429.87 $75.07 – $644.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $429.87 $70.16 – $644.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $306.05 $70.16 – $459.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26

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