Wrist X-ray 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.

$41.44 with United vs $906.55 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 STARPLUS $41.44
United STARPerinate $41.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $41.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $41.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $41.44
United CHIP $41.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $41.44
Amerigroup CHIP $41.44
United STAR $41.44
United STARKids $41.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $43.51
Aetna Better Health MCD $44.76
Aetna Better Health CHIP $44.76
Humana MGMCD $51.80
Aetna QHPHIX $54.40
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $63.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $63.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $63.46
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $63.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $63.46
Aetna NewBusiness $74.59
Aetna Meritain $79.90
Aetna COMM $79.90
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna OON $93.71
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Humana COMM $105.20
Cigna IFP $122.38
Cigna LocalPlus $126.27
Cigna NewBusiness $126.39
Cigna QHP $126.92
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.03
Cigna NetworkBenefit $141.03
Cigna HMO $141.03
Cigna AllOther $178.49
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $218.48
Evry Health COMM $233.89
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
BCBS Traditional $402.51
Aetna ASA $477.75
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $533.96
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $533.96
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $634.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $643.65
Parker County LOGOV $679.91
Independent Medical Systems COMM $906.55
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $906.55

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Wrist X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $533.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $309.46 $41.44 – $386.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $359.02 $73.90 – $538.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $415.32 $41.44 – $519.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $309.46 $41.44 – $386.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $359.02 $44.34 – $538.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $359.02 $41.44 – $538.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $415.32 $41.44 – $622.98

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