Brach/thor cath 2nd 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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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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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.

$340.81 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,582.53 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 $340.81
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $340.81
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $340.81
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $340.81
Superior Health Plan STARKids $340.81
Optum Health MCD $535.56
Cigna IFP $657.28
Cigna QHP $681.62
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $925.05
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $973.74
United OptionsPPO $1,046.77
Unicare CHIP $1,168.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,202.57
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,202.57
Cigna NewBusiness $1,401.02
Cigna LocalPlus $1,401.02
BCBS BluePremier $1,421.66
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,553.12
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,553.12
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,565.53
Cigna HMO $1,565.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,565.53
BCBS EPOSOA $1,631.02
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,645.62
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $1,704.05
BCBS PPO $1,704.05
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,947.48
Cigna AllOther $1,979.47
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
BCBS Traditional $2,161.71
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
City of McKinney COMM $2,190.92
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,385.67
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,434.36
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna ASA $2,565.81
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna WCOMP $2,677.79
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,677.79
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,677.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,677.79
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,677.79
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $2,726.48
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,823.85
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,867.67
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,867.67
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,262.04
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,408.10
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,408.10
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,408.10
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,456.78
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,651.53
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
USA Managed Care COMM $3,894.97
USC Health Services COMM $3,894.97
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,138.40
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Optum Health (URN) COMM $4,333.15
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,868.71
Unicare MCD $4,868.71
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,868.71
Humana COMM $5,582.53
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Brach/thor cath 2nd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,667.65 $755.84 – $3,779.18
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,439.00 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $5,582.53 – $5,582.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,336.05 $71.00 – $3,504.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,298.75 $71.00 – $1,623.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,667.65 $711.37 – $3,779.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,336.05 $85.00 – $3,504.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,336.05 $1,206.96 – $3,504.08

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