X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw 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

$1,590.21

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.

$1,590.21

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.

$44.78 with United vs $1,590.21 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 STAR $44.78 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $44.78 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $44.78 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $44.78 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $44.78 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $44.78 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $44.78 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $44.78 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.78 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $44.78 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $47.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $48.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $48.36 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $54.96 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $55.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $75.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $80.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $80.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $94.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $111.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $111.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $111.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $111.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $111.31 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $112.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $126.27 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $126.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $141.03 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $141.03 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.03 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -90%
Cigna AllOther $178.49 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $214.68 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $222.63 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $383.24 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $410.27 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -73%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -71%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $706.05 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $838.04 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $936.63 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $936.63 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,113.15 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,129.05 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $1,192.66 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,590.21 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,590.21 ↑ +0%

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