Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) 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.

$3.62 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $515.08 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $3.62
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.62
Amerigroup CHIP $5.07
United STARPerinate $5.07
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.07
United STARKids $5.07
United STAR $5.07
United CHIP $5.07
United STARPLUS $5.07
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.07
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.32
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.48
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.48
BCBS TriWestGOV $5.92
WellMed MGMCR $6.01
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.04
TriWest Veterans FED $6.04
Devoted Health MME $6.04
Devoted Health MCR $6.04
United SmallGroup $6.04
Devoted Health SNP $6.04
Humana MGMCR $6.04
Devoted Health POS $6.04
United AllPayerAppendix $6.04
BCBS MCRPPO $6.04
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.04
Devoted Health PPO $6.04
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.04
Devoted Health HMO $6.04
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $6.04
United MGMCR $6.07
Care N Care MGMCR $6.10
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.16
WellCare MGMCR $6.22
Integranet MGMCR $6.22
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.34
Humana MGMCD $6.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.34
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.34
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.40
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.54
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.64
Aetna QHPHIX $7.67
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.85
Molina MCR $9.60
Molina MMP $9.60
Molina MME $9.60
BCBS BluePremier $10.33
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.57
Aetna NewBusiness $10.57
Superior ValueHMO $10.81
Aetna COMM $11.26
Aetna Meritain $11.26
Aetna OON $13.25
Superior EPO $13.53
Superior HMO $13.53
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.92
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.92
BCBS EPOSOA $15.64
Oscar HIX $15.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.82
BCBS PPO $16.37
Cigna LocalPlus $23.22
Cigna NewBusiness $23.25
Cigna HMO $25.94
Cigna NetworkBenefit $25.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.94
Cigna AllOther $32.83
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.06
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.06
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $36.06
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $36.06
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.06
Humana COMM $67.04
Cigna IFP $69.54
Cigna QHP $72.11
United OptionsPPO $124.13
Evry Health COMM $132.89
BCBS Traditional $228.70
Aetna ASA $271.45
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $303.38
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $303.38
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $360.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $365.71
Parker County LOGOV $386.31
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $515.08
Independent Medical Systems COMM $515.08

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