Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM

700 Medical Parkway, Brenham, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1154315307

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 12, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$659.69

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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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$1,099.49

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.

$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $1,742.94 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.

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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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna Local Plus $85.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna HMO/PPO $100.00 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $135.79 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $142.93 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $142.93 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $149.75 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $149.75 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $150.08 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $150.08 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $150.08 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $150.08 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $157.89 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $160.09 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $171.52 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $177.57 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $177.57 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $177.57 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $179.44 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $257.28 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $399.99 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $470.58 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial $542.05 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $604.72 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $604.72 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $604.72 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $637.70 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $637.70 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $659.69 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $714.67 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $769.64 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $769.64 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $769.64 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $824.62 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $824.62 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $879.59 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $989.54 ↑ +50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,742.94 ↑ +164%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,325.73 $147.56 – $4,157.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $750.31 $71.00 – $1,742.94
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $659.69 $85.00 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $659.69 $147.56 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $750.31 $71.00 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,325.73 $147.56 – $4,157.17
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