Cath left heart/lv gram 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

$12,231.53

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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$20,385.89

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.

$2,517.66 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $18,347.30 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,517.66 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $2,650.17 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,650.17 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $2,776.56 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $2,776.56 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $2,782.67 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2,782.67 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $2,782.67 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $2,782.67 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,968.19 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $3,180.20 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $3,292.32 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $3,292.32 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $3,292.32 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $3,326.98 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $3,838.66 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $4,770.30 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $7,837.36 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $7,951.36 ↓ -35%
Mark Cuban Commercial $8,072.30 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $9,091.34 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $9,575.83 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $10,604.00 ↓ -13%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $11,017.23 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $11,212.24 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $11,212.24 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $12,231.53 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO/PPO $12,475.00 ↑ +2%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $12,961.45 ↑ +6%
Curative Commercial $13,250.83 ↑ +8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $13,331.00 ↑ +9%
First Health PPO $14,270.12 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $14,270.12 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $14,270.12 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $15,289.42 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $15,289.42 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $16,308.71 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $16,680.00 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial $17,181.00 ↑ +40%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $18,347.30 ↑ +50%
Imagine Health Commercial not published by hospital
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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