MRA chest w IV cont 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

$10,477.12

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.

$10,477.12

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.

$341.20 with United vs $10,477.12 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
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $454.40 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $733.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $733.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $733.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $733.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $733.40 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $1,414.41 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,466.80 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $1,630.50 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $1,707.77 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $2,493.55 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2,524.99 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $2,682.14 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $2,682.14 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $3,143.14 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $4,651.84 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $5,521.44 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $6,171.02 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $6,171.02 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,438.76 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $7,857.84 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10,477.12 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $10,477.12 ↑ +0%

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