Heavy metal qual any number 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.

$12.56 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $209.21 with Humana — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $12.56
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $12.56
United STARKids $17.59
United STAR $17.59
United CHIP $17.59
United STARPerinate $17.59
United STARPLUS $17.59
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $17.59
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.59
Amerigroup CHIP $17.59
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $18.47
Aetna Better Health MCD $19.00
Aetna Better Health CHIP $19.00
BCBS TriWestGOV $20.52
WellMed MGMCR $20.84
Humana MGMCR $20.94
Devoted Health SNP $20.94
Devoted Health HMO $20.94
Devoted Health POS $20.94
Devoted Health MCR $20.94
Devoted Health MME $20.94
Devoted Health PPO $20.94
United AllPayerAppendix $20.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.94
United SmallGroup $20.94
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.94
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $20.94
BCBS MCRPPO $20.94
BCBS MGMCRHMO $20.94
TriWest Veterans FED $20.94
United MGMCR $21.04
Care N Care MGMCR $21.15
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $21.36
Integranet MGMCR $21.57
WellCare MGMCR $21.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $21.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $21.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $21.99
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $21.99
ProCare Advantge MCR $21.99
Humana MGMCD $21.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $21.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $21.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $21.99
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $22.20
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $22.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.66
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $23.03
Aetna QHPHIX $26.63
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $27.22
Molina MMP $33.29
Molina MME $33.29
Molina MCR $33.29
BCBS BluePremier $35.81
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $36.65
Aetna NewBusiness $36.68
Superior ValueHMO $37.48
Aetna Meritain $39.06
Aetna COMM $39.06
Aetna OON $45.97
Superior EPO $46.91
Superior HMO $46.91
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $51.72
BCBS BlueEssentials $51.72
BCBS EPOSOA $54.23
Oscar HIX $54.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $54.86
BCBS PPO $56.75
Cigna LocalPlus $80.06
Cigna NewBusiness $80.14
Cigna NetworkBenefit $89.42
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $89.42
Cigna HMO $89.42
Cigna AllOther $113.17
Humana COMM $209.21

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