Vital capacity test 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

$850.00

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.

$850.00

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.

$59.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $850.00 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $59.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $59.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $59.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $59.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $59.50 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $114.75 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $119.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $138.55 ↓ -84%
Humana COMM $149.37 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $176.80 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $202.30 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $204.85 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $217.60 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $217.60 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $219.30 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $224.40 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $224.40 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $250.75 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $250.75 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $250.75 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $255.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna AllOther $317.05 ↓ -63%
BCBS BluePremier $326.51 ↓ -62%
BCBS Traditional $377.40 ↓ -56%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $380.46 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $447.95 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $500.65 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $500.65 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $595.00 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $603.50 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $637.50 ↓ -25%
BCBS BlueEssentials $673.76 ↓ -21%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $673.76 ↓ -21%
BCBS EPOSOA $706.97 ↓ -17%
BCBS PPO $740.17 ↓ -13%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $850.00 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $850.00 ↑ +0%

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