Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study 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

$5,706.50

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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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$5,706.50

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.

$322.78 with United vs $5,706.50 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 CHIP $322.78 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $322.78 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $322.78 ↓ -94%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $322.78 ↓ -94%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $322.78 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $322.78 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $322.78 ↓ -94%
United STAR $322.78 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup CHIP $322.78 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $322.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $338.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $348.60 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $348.60 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $367.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $399.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $399.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $399.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $399.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $399.45 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $403.47 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $404.12 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $471.50 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $646.47 ↓ -89%
Aetna Meritain $692.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $692.52 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $770.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $798.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $812.23 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,200.03 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,200.03 ↓ -79%
Humana COMM $1,242.58 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,258.64 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $1,317.25 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $1,375.27 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $1,472.28 ↓ -74%
BCBS Traditional $2,533.69 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $3,007.33 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,361.13 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,361.13 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,994.55 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,051.61 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $4,279.88 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,706.50 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,706.50 ↑ +0%

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