Carbon dioxide 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

$53.69

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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.

$89.48

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.

$7.16 with United Healthcare vs $80.53 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 Medicaid/CHIP $7.16 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $9.10 ↓ -83%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $10.70 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.05 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $11.63 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.63 ↓ -78%
Mark Cuban Commercial $11.71 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $12.19 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $12.19 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $12.21 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $12.21 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $12.21 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $12.21 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.03 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $13.96 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $14.45 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $14.45 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $14.45 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $14.60 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $20.94 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $25.23 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $25.57 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $29.23 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $30.79 ↓ -43%
Cigna Local Plus $44.92 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $49.21 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $49.21 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $49.21 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $51.90 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $51.90 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $52.79 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $53.69 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $58.16 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $62.64 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $62.64 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $62.64 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $67.11 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $67.11 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $71.58 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $80.53 ↑ +50%

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