Laparo ablate renal mass 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

$13,994.13

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$23,323.55

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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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$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $25,500.18 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

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 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -99%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,880.46 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,032.06 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $3,032.06 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $3,176.67 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $3,176.67 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $3,183.66 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $3,183.66 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3,183.66 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $3,183.66 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,395.91 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $3,638.47 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $3,766.75 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $3,766.75 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $3,766.75 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $3,806.40 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $4,391.82 ↓ -69%
Cigna Local Plus $5,388.00 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $5,457.71 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO/PPO $6,339.00 ↓ -55%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $8,485.11 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $9,982.48 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial $11,498.51 ↓ -18%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $12,827.95 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $12,827.95 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $12,827.95 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $13,527.66 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $13,527.66 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $13,994.13 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $15,160.31 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $16,326.49 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $16,326.49 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $16,326.49 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $17,492.66 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $17,492.66 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $18,658.84 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $20,991.19 ↑ +50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $25,500.18 ↑ +82%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Laparo ablate renal mass at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $13,994.13 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $13,994.13 $85.00 – $25,500.18
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $13,994.13 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $13,994.13 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $13,994.13 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $13,994.13 $71.00 – $25,500.18
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