Brach/thor cath 1st at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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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Gross charge

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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.

$319.46 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,425.51 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $319.46
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $319.46
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $319.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $319.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $319.46
Optum Health MCD $502.01
Cigna IFP $616.10
Cigna QHP $638.92
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $867.11
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $912.75
United OptionsPPO $981.20
Unicare CHIP $1,095.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,127.24
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,127.24
Cigna NewBusiness $1,313.26
Cigna LocalPlus $1,313.26
BCBS BluePremier $1,332.61
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,455.83
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,455.83
Cigna HMO $1,467.47
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,467.47
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,467.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
BCBS EPOSOA $1,528.85
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,542.54
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,597.31
BCBS PPO $1,597.31
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,825.49
Cigna AllOther $1,855.48
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
BCBS Traditional $2,026.30
City of McKinney COMM $2,053.68
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,236.23
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,281.86
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna ASA $2,405.09
Aetna WCOMP $2,510.05
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,510.05
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,510.05
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,510.05
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,510.05
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,555.69
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,646.96
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,688.04
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,688.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,057.70
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,194.61
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,194.61
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,194.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,240.25
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,422.80
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
USA Managed Care COMM $3,650.98
USC Health Services COMM $3,650.98
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,879.17
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,061.72
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Unicare MCD $4,563.73
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,563.73
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,563.73
Humana COMM $5,425.51
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Brach/thor cath 1st at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,885.69 $817.61 – $4,088.06
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,043.30 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $5,425.51 – $5,425.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,927.97 $71.00 – $4,391.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,254.26 $71.00 – $2,817.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,885.69 $769.52 – $4,088.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,927.97 $85.00 – $4,391.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,927.97 $1,512.78 – $4,391.95

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