X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views 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

$2,114.57

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.

$2,114.57

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.

$52.13 with United vs $2,114.57 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 $52.13 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $52.13 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $52.13 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $52.13 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $52.13 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $52.13 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $52.13 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $52.13 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $52.13 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $52.13 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $54.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $56.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $56.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $65.10 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $65.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $89.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $95.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $95.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $112.15 ↓ -95%
Humana COMM $132.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $148.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $148.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $148.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $148.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $148.02 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $150.81 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $150.96 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $168.45 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $168.45 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $168.45 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $213.19 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $285.47 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $296.04 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $509.61 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $545.56 ↓ -74%
BCBS Traditional $938.87 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $1,114.38 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,245.48 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,245.48 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,480.20 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,501.34 ↓ -29%
Parker County LOGOV $1,585.93 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,114.57 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,114.57 ↑ +0%

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X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $872.16 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $475.04 $52.13 – $593.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $559.42 $115.15 – $839.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $626.63 $52.13 – $783.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $475.04 $52.13 – $593.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $559.42 $55.78 – $839.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $559.42 $52.13 – $839.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $626.63 $52.13 – $939.95

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