Brach/thor cath 3rd at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

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

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Cash price

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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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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.

$457.03 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 STARHealth $457.03
Superior Health Plan CHIP $457.03
Superior Health Plan STARKids $457.03
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $457.03
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $457.03
Cigna IFP $881.41
Cigna QHP $914.05
United OptionsPPO $1,227.44
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,240.50
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,373.00
Unicare CHIP $1,436.37
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,612.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,612.65
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
BCBS BluePremier $1,906.46
Cigna LocalPlus $1,930.48
Cigna NewBusiness $1,930.48
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,082.74
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,082.74
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,157.17
Cigna HMO $2,157.17
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,157.17
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
BCBS EPOSOA $2,187.20
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,206.79
BCBS PPO $2,285.14
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna AllOther $2,727.54
BCBS Traditional $2,898.86
City of McKinney COMM $2,938.03
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3,264.48
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,264.48
Aetna ASA $3,440.76
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,460.35
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,590.93
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,590.93
Aetna WCOMP $3,590.93
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,590.93
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,786.80
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,845.56
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,845.56
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,570.27
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,570.27
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,570.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,635.56
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $4,700.85
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,896.72
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $5,223.17
USA Managed Care COMM $5,223.17
USC Health Services COMM $5,223.17
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,549.62
Optum Transplant COMM $5,614.91
Unicare MCD $6,528.96
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,528.96
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,528.96
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
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
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,244.35 $71.00 – $3,366.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,367.97 $898.13 – $4,771.30

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