Aspiration peritonsillar abscess 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

$4,889.81

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$8,149.68

Gross charge

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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.

$33.21 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $605.10 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $33.21 ↓ -99%
TriWest Community Care Network $34.96 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.96 ↓ -99%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $36.62 ↓ -99%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $36.62 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $36.70 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $36.70 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $36.70 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $36.70 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $39.15 ↓ -99%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $41.95 ↓ -99%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $43.43 ↓ -99%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $43.43 ↓ -99%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $43.43 ↓ -99%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $43.88 ↓ -99%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $62.92 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $67.22 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -98%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $97.82 ↓ -98%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $115.08 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $132.56 ↓ -97%
Cigna Local Plus $134.98 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial $147.89 ↓ -97%
MidCoast Commercial $147.89 ↓ -97%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $147.89 ↓ -97%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $155.96 ↓ -97%
Imagine Health Commercial $155.96 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO/PPO $158.65 ↓ -97%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $161.33 ↓ -97%
Curative Commercial $174.78 ↓ -96%
First Health PPO $188.22 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial PPO $188.22 ↓ -96%
HealthSmart Accel Network $188.22 ↓ -96%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $201.67 ↓ -96%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $201.67 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial HMO $215.11 ↓ -96%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $242.00 ↓ -95%
Mark Cuban Commercial $605.10 ↓ -88%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,889.81 $226.03 – $2,402.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,889.81 $71.00 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,889.81 $226.03 – $2,402.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,889.81 $67.22 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,889.81 $134.44 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,889.81 $71.00 – $605.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,889.81 $226.03 – $2,402.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $4,889.81 $226.40 – $2,402.53

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