Brach/thor cath 3rd 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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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.

$408.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $10,450.05 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 STARPLUS $408.80
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $408.80
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $408.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $408.80
Superior Health Plan STARKids $408.80
Optum Health MCD $642.39
Cigna IFP $788.39
Cigna QHP $817.59
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,109.59
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $1,167.99
United OptionsPPO $1,255.59
Unicare CHIP $1,401.59
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,442.47
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,442.47
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,481.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Cigna LocalPlus $1,680.51
Cigna NewBusiness $1,680.51
BCBS BluePremier $1,705.27
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,862.94
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,862.94
Cigna HMO $1,877.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,877.84
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,877.84
BCBS EPOSOA $1,956.38
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,973.90
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $2,043.98
BCBS PPO $2,043.98
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,335.98
Cigna AllOther $2,374.35
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
BCBS Traditional $2,592.94
City of McKinney COMM $2,627.98
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $2,861.58
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,919.97
Aetna ASA $3,077.65
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,211.97
Aetna WCOMP $3,211.97
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,211.97
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,211.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,211.97
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $3,270.37
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,387.17
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,439.73
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,439.73
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $3,912.77
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,087.97
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,087.97
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,087.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,146.36
Aetna OON $4,332.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,379.96
USA Managed Care COMM $4,671.96
USC Health Services COMM $4,671.96
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,963.96
Optum Health (URN) COMM $5,197.56
Unicare MCD $5,839.95
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,839.95
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,839.95
Oscar HIX $6,587.00
Humana COMM $10,450.05
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Brach/thor cath 3rd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,367.97 $954.26 – $4,771.30
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,438.85 not published
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS not published $10,450.05 – $10,450.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,168.80 $71.00 – $4,753.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,244.35 $71.00 – $2,805.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,367.97 $898.13 – $4,771.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,168.80 $85.00 – $4,753.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,168.80 $1,637.22 – $4,753.21

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