Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM
700 Medical Parkway, Brenham, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1154315307
$471.34
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.
$785.57
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.
$24.29 with United Healthcare vs $733.72 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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| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $24.29 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $39.09 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $39.59 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $45.32 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $47.81 | ↓ -90% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $97.02 | ↓ -79% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $102.12 | ↓ -78% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $102.12 | ↓ -78% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $106.99 | ↓ -77% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $106.99 | ↓ -77% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $107.23 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $107.23 | ↓ -77% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO | $107.23 | ↓ -77% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $107.23 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $114.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $122.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $126.87 | ↓ -73% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $126.87 | ↓ -73% |
| CareWorks fka Rockport | Worker's Compensation | $126.87 | ↓ -73% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $128.21 | ↓ -73% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $183.82 | ↓ -61% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $285.79 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $336.22 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $387.29 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $394.36 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $432.06 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $432.06 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $432.06 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $455.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $455.63 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $463.49 | ↓ -2% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $471.34 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative | Commercial | $510.62 | ↑ +8% |
| First Health | PPO | $549.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $549.90 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $549.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $589.18 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $589.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $628.46 | ↑ +33% |
| BlueBell Creameries | Self Insured | $707.01 | ↑ +50% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $733.72 | ↑ +56% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $599.59 | $22.70 – $749.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $471.34 | $24.29 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $471.34 | $22.70 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $599.59 | $22.70 – $899.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $602.98 | $22.70 – $753.73 |