Esophagoscp guide wire dilat 43196 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.

$1,119.26 with United vs $13,485.00 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.

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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
United CHIP $1,119.26
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,119.26
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1,119.26
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1,119.26
United STARPerinate $1,119.26
United STARPLUS $1,119.26
United STARKids $1,119.26
United STAR $1,119.26
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,175.22
Amerigroup CHIP $1,175.22
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,175.22
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,343.11
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,343.11
Humana MGMCD $1,399.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,740.00
United SmallGroup $1,756.00
WellMed MGMCR $1,937.29
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
BCBS BluePremier $4,408.65
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5,698.25
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6,537.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $6,537.99
BCBS EPOSOA $6,867.89
Humana COMM $7,113.00
BCBS PPO $7,197.79
Cigna LocalPlus $9,541.00
Cigna NewBusiness $9,551.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,660.00
Cigna HMO $10,660.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $10,660.00
Cigna AllOther $13,485.00

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Esophagoscp guide wire dilat 43196 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands $979.50 $1,927.65 – $3,855.30
Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress $979.50 $1,927.65 – $3,758.92
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $979.50 $1,927.65 – $3,758.92
Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital Katy $979.50 $3,894.00 – $7,542.00
Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay $979.50 $1,739.47 – $3,758.92
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $979.50 $1,927.65 – $3,758.92
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $979.50 $1,927.65 – $7,710.61
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown $979.50 $1,927.65 – $3,758.92

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