Assay of chloramphenicol 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

$120.60

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

$201.00

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.

$12.00 with United Healthcare vs $180.90 with BlueBell Creameries — 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
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $18.56 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $23.65 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $24.82 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $26.13 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.13 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $27.38 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $27.38 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $27.44 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $27.44 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $27.44 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $27.44 ↓ -77%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $27.82 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $29.27 ↓ -76%
Mark Cuban Commercial $30.41 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $31.36 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $32.46 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $32.46 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $32.46 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $32.80 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $47.03 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $65.50 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $66.39 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $75.89 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $79.95 ↓ -34%
Cigna Local Plus $100.90 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $110.55 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $110.55 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $110.55 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $116.58 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $116.58 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $118.59 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $120.60 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $130.65 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $140.70 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $140.70 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $140.70 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $150.75 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $150.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $160.80 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $180.90 ↑ +50%

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Assay of chloramphenicol at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $120.60 $10.00 – $150.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $120.60 $10.64 – $150.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $120.60 $10.00 – $150.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $120.60 $11.38 – $180.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $120.60 $8.00 – $180.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $120.60 $10.64 – $180.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $120.60 $10.00 – $150.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $120.60 $10.00 – $150.75

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