Implant cochlear device 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.

$2,369.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $111,180.00 with United — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2,369.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $8,325.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $9,169.00
Cigna NewBusiness $9,177.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $10,244.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,244.00
Cigna HMO $10,244.00
Cigna AllOther $12,958.00
Humana COMM $13,318.00
Evry Health COMM $16,144.00
United STARPerinate $25,960.08
United CHIP $25,960.08
United STAR $25,960.08
United STARKids $25,960.08
United STARPLUS $25,960.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $25,960.08
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $25,960.08
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $25,960.08
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $27,258.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $27,258.08
Amerigroup CHIP $27,258.08
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31,152.10
Aetna Better Health MCD $31,152.10
Humana MGMCD $32,450.10
WellMed MGMCR $33,287.98
BCBS BluePremier $48,669.23
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $62,905.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $64,794.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $72,176.14
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $72,176.14
BCBS EPOSOA $75,818.05
United SmallGroup $79,087.00
BCBS PPO $79,459.97
United AllPayerAppendix $111,180.00

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Implant cochlear device at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $20,433.28 $71.00 – $83,073.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34,229.98 $71.00 – $83,073.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $20,433.28 $85.00 – $83,073.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $20,433.28 $5,384.00 – $83,073.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $34,229.98 $71.00 – $83,073.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $20,433.28 $71.00 – $83,073.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $20,433.28 $71.00 – $83,073.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $34,229.98 $71.00 – $83,073.64

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