Handle/convey/speciman/office-lab 99000 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

$1,059.95

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.

$1,059.95

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.

$5.58 with United vs $1,059.95 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
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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 AllPayerAppendix $5.58 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $5.58 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $20.95 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $21.44 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.26 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.26 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $31.73 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $33.20 ↓ -97%
Humana COMM $38.99 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.20 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $143.09 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $148.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $172.77 ↓ -84%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $201.39 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $220.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $252.27 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $255.45 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $271.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $271.35 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $273.47 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $279.83 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $279.83 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $312.69 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $312.69 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $312.69 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $317.99 ↓ -70%
Cigna AllOther $395.36 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $470.62 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $558.59 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $624.31 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $624.31 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $741.97 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $752.56 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $794.96 ↓ -25%
TriWest Veterans FED $847.96 ↓ -20%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,059.95 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,059.95 ↑ +0%

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