Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM
700 Medical Parkway, Brenham, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1154315307
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Cash price 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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge 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.
$5,132.00 with Cigna vs $14,293.73 with Mark Cuban — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Local Plus | $5,132.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $6,038.00 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $7,588.92 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $7,685.60 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $8,797.35 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $9,280.72 | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $9,751.00 | — |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $14,293.73 | — |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $2,524.41 | $479.64 – $5,409.45 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $12,146.15 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $11,842.50 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $11,842.50 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $13,546.50 | $7,542.00 – $10,133.00 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $13,546.50 | $2,803.55 – $11,842.50 |
| Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $11,842.50 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $13,546.50 | $4,055.00 – $24,292.30 |