Microalbumin urine screen 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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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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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.

$3.74 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $56.06 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 $3.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.74
United STARKids $5.23
United STAR $5.23
United CHIP $5.23
United STARPerinate $5.23
United STARPLUS $5.23
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.23
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.23
Amerigroup CHIP $5.23
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.49
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.65
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.65
BCBS TriWestGOV $6.11
WellMed MGMCR $6.20
Humana MGMCR $6.23
Devoted Health SNP $6.23
Devoted Health HMO $6.23
Devoted Health POS $6.23
Devoted Health MCR $6.23
Devoted Health MME $6.23
Devoted Health PPO $6.23
United AllPayerAppendix $6.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.23
United SmallGroup $6.23
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.23
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $6.23
BCBS MCRPPO $6.23
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.23
TriWest Veterans FED $6.23
United MGMCR $6.26
Care N Care MGMCR $6.29
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.35
Integranet MGMCR $6.42
WellCare MGMCR $6.42
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.54
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.54
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.54
Humana MGMCD $6.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.54
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.60
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.60
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.74
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.85
Aetna QHPHIX $7.93
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $8.10
Molina MMP $9.91
Molina MME $9.91
Molina MCR $9.91
BCBS BluePremier $10.65
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.90
Aetna NewBusiness $10.92
Superior ValueHMO $11.15
Aetna Meritain $11.63
Aetna COMM $11.63
Aetna OON $13.69
Superior EPO $13.96
Superior HMO $13.96
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $15.39
BCBS BlueEssentials $15.39
BCBS EPOSOA $16.14
Oscar HIX $16.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.32
BCBS PPO $16.88
Cigna LocalPlus $23.22
Cigna NewBusiness $23.25
Cigna NetworkBenefit $25.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.94
Cigna HMO $25.94
Cigna AllOther $32.83
Humana COMM $56.06

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.29 $5.23 – $56.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $42.00 $8.64 – $63.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $42.00 $5.60 – $63.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $42.00 $5.23 – $63.00
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