Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution 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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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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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.

$8.38 with United vs $4,789.81 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 SmallGroup $8.38
United AllPayerAppendix $8.38
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.38
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.52
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $23.29
Cigna LocalPlus $31.47
Cigna NewBusiness $31.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $34.09
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $34.09
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $35.15
Cigna HMO $35.15
Cigna NetworkBenefit $35.15
BCBS EPOSOA $35.77
BCBS PPO $37.46
BCBS BluePremier $41.98
Cigna AllOther $44.47
Humana COMM $89.06
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $335.29
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $335.29
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $335.29
Superior Health Plan STARKids $335.29
Superior Health Plan CHIP $335.29
Cigna IFP $646.62
Cigna QHP $670.57
Aetna QHPHIX $780.74
Aetna NewBusiness $1,139.97
United OptionsPPO $1,154.34
Aetna COMM $1,226.19
Aetna Meritain $1,226.19
Aetna OON $1,436.94
BCBS Traditional $2,126.68
Aetna ASA $2,524.23
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,821.20
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,821.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,400.77
Parker County LOGOV $3,592.36
TriWest Veterans FED $3,831.85
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,789.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,789.81

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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $606.83 $25.99 – $25.99
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,356.38 $8.49 – $242.25
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,356.38 $8.49 – $242.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,356.38 $8.49 – $256.50
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