Microsatellite instability 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.

$209.14 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $3,216.71 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 $209.14
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $209.14
United STARKids $292.79
United STAR $292.79
United CHIP $292.79
United STARPerinate $292.79
United STARPLUS $292.79
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $292.79
Amerigroup MGMCD $292.79
Amerigroup CHIP $292.79
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $307.43
Aetna Better Health MCD $316.21
Aetna Better Health CHIP $316.21
BCBS TriWestGOV $341.59
WellMed MGMCR $346.82
Humana MGMCR $348.56
Devoted Health SNP $348.56
Devoted Health HMO $348.56
Devoted Health POS $348.56
Devoted Health MCR $348.56
Devoted Health MME $348.56
Devoted Health PPO $348.56
United AllPayerAppendix $348.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $348.56
United SmallGroup $348.56
Amerigroup DualEligible $348.56
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $348.56
BCBS MCRPPO $348.56
BCBS MGMCRHMO $348.56
TriWest Veterans FED $348.56
United MGMCR $350.30
Care N Care MGMCR $352.05
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $355.53
Integranet MGMCR $359.02
WellCare MGMCR $359.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $365.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $365.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $365.99
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $365.99
ProCare Advantge MCR $365.99
Humana MGMCD $365.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $365.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $365.99
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $365.99
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $369.47
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $369.47
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $383.42
Aetna QHPHIX $443.38
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $453.13
Molina MCR $554.21
Molina MME $554.21
Molina MMP $554.21
BCBS BluePremier $596.04
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $609.98
Aetna NewBusiness $610.69
Superior ValueHMO $623.92
Aetna COMM $650.43
Aetna Meritain $650.43
Aetna OON $765.45
Superior EPO $780.77
Superior HMO $780.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $860.94
BCBS BlueEssentials $860.94
BCBS EPOSOA $902.77
Oscar HIX $906.26
Molina Healthcare HIX $913.23
BCBS PPO $944.60
Cigna LocalPlus $1,328.68
Cigna NewBusiness $1,330.01
Cigna HMO $1,484.04
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,484.04
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,484.04
Cigna AllOther $1,878.24
Humana COMM $3,216.71

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