Esophagosc flex trnsn biopsy at MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL
713 East Anderson Street, Weatherford, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1417471467
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Cash price 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 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.
$119.87 with United vs $8,485.00 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | CHIP | $119.87 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $119.87 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $119.87 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $119.87 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $119.87 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $119.87 | — |
| United | STARKids | $119.87 | — |
| United | STAR | $119.87 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $125.86 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $125.86 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $125.86 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $143.84 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $143.84 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $149.84 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $212.21 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $625.08 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $804.09 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $804.09 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $844.51 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $883.48 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $915.67 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,740.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,756.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,356.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,000.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $4,723.00 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $6,004.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $6,010.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $6,708.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $6,708.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $6,708.00 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $7,113.00 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $8,485.00 | — |
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Esophagosc flex trnsn biopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $648.00 | $210.77 – $1,822.24 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $648.00 | $210.77 – $1,776.68 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $648.00 | $210.77 – $1,776.68 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $648.00 | $3,894.00 – $7,542.00 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $648.00 | $83.73 – $1,776.68 |
| Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $648.00 | $210.77 – $1,776.68 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $648.00 | $210.77 – $3,644.47 |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital | Baytown | $648.00 | $210.77 – $1,776.68 |