X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left 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.

$42.44 with United vs $2,131.72 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 $42.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $42.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $42.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.44
Amerigroup CHIP $42.44
United CHIP $42.44
United STARPerinate $42.44
United STARPLUS $42.44
United STARKids $42.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.56
Aetna Better Health MCD $45.84
Aetna Better Health CHIP $45.84
Aetna QHPHIX $49.33
Humana MGMCD $53.05
Aetna NewBusiness $67.64
Aetna Meritain $72.46
Aetna COMM $72.46
Aetna OON $84.98
Humana COMM $98.07
Cigna LocalPlus $114.67
Cigna NewBusiness $114.79
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $128.08
Cigna HMO $128.08
Cigna NetworkBenefit $128.08
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $149.22
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $149.22
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $149.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $149.22
Superior Health Plan CHIP $149.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna AllOther $162.11
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $287.78
Cigna QHP $298.44
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
United OptionsPPO $513.74
Evry Health COMM $549.98
BCBS Traditional $946.48
Aetna ASA $1,123.42
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,255.58
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,255.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,492.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,513.52
Parker County LOGOV $1,598.79
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,131.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,131.72

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $788.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $394.69 $42.44 – $493.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $394.69 $81.24 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.58 $42.44 – $463.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $394.69 $42.44 – $493.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $394.69 $45.41 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $394.69 $42.44 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $370.58 $42.44 – $555.88

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