Western blot 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

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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.

$9.63 with Superior Health Plan vs $189.14 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.63
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $9.63
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $9.63
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $10.22
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $10.22
Amerigroup CHIP $14.31
United STARPerinate $14.31
United STARPLUS $14.31
United STARKids $14.31
United STAR $14.31
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.31
United CHIP $14.31
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.03
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.45
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.45
BCBS TriWestGOV $16.69
WellMed MGMCR $16.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.03
Devoted Health SNP $17.03
Devoted Health HMO $17.03
Devoted Health POS $17.03
Devoted Health MCR $17.03
Devoted Health MME $17.03
TriWest Veterans FED $17.03
Humana MGMCR $17.03
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.03
BCBS MCRPPO $17.03
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.03
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.03
Devoted Health PPO $17.03
United SmallGroup $17.03
United AllPayerAppendix $17.03
United MGMCR $17.12
Care N Care MGMCR $17.20
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.37
WellCare MGMCR $17.54
Integranet MGMCR $17.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.88
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.88
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.88
Humana MGMCD $17.89
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $18.05
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $18.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.43
Cigna IFP $18.57
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.73
Cigna QHP $19.26
Aetna QHPHIX $21.67
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $22.14
Molina MMP $27.08
Molina MCR $27.08
Molina MME $27.08
BCBS BluePremier $29.12
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $29.80
Aetna NewBusiness $29.84
Superior ValueHMO $30.48
Aetna COMM $31.78
Aetna Meritain $31.78
United OptionsPPO $33.15
Evry Health COMM $35.49
Aetna OON $37.41
Superior EPO $38.15
Superior HMO $38.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $42.06
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $42.06
BCBS EPOSOA $44.11
Oscar HIX $44.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.62
BCBS PPO $46.15
BCBS Traditional $61.08
Cigna LocalPlus $64.58
Cigna NewBusiness $64.64
Cigna HMO $72.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $72.13
Cigna NetworkBenefit $72.13
Aetna ASA $72.50
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $81.03
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $81.03
Cigna AllOther $91.29
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $96.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $97.67
Parker County LOGOV $103.18
Independent Medical Systems COMM $137.57
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $137.57
Humana COMM $189.14

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