Braf gene 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

$502.06

Cash price

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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.

$836.76

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 $1,106.77 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 ↓ -98%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $54.15 ↓ -89%
TriWest Community Care Network $57.01 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $57.01 ↓ -89%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $59.72 ↓ -88%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $59.72 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $59.86 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -88%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $59.86 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $63.85 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $68.41 ↓ -86%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $70.82 ↓ -86%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $70.82 ↓ -86%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $70.82 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $71.56 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $102.61 ↓ -80%
Cigna Local Plus $220.13 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial $241.18 ↓ -52%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $241.18 ↓ -52%
MidCoast Commercial $241.18 ↓ -52%
Imagine Health Commercial $254.33 ↓ -49%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $254.33 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $257.12 ↓ -49%
Cigna HMO/PPO $258.71 ↓ -48%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $263.10 ↓ -48%
Curative Commercial $285.02 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial PPO $306.95 ↓ -39%
HealthSmart Accel Network $306.95 ↓ -39%
First Health PPO $306.95 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $318.32 ↓ -37%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $328.88 ↓ -34%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $328.88 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial HMO $350.80 ↓ -30%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $374.50 ↓ -25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $394.65 ↓ -21%
Mark Cuban Commercial $420.96 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $906.82 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $919.10 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $1,050.65 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $1,106.77 ↑ +120%

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