Change gastric port open 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

$3,094.13

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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$5,156.89

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.

$636.88 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $16,682.28 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan — 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 $636.88 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $670.40 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $670.40 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $702.37 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $702.37 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $703.92 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $703.92 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $703.92 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $703.92 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $750.84 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $804.47 ↓ -74%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $832.84 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $832.84 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $832.84 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $841.60 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,206.71 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,559.65 ↓ -50%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $2,836.29 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $2,836.29 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $2,836.29 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $3,094.13 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $3,351.98 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $3,609.82 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $3,609.82 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $3,609.82 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $3,867.67 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $3,867.67 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $4,125.51 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $4,641.20 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $4,674.35 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $4,733.89 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $5,418.67 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $5,716.40 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,309.00 ↑ +104%
Mark Cuban Commercial $8,887.48 ↑ +187%
Cigna Local Plus $11,649.00 ↑ +276%
Cigna HMO/PPO $13,075.00 ↑ +323%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $14,179.94 ↑ +358%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $16,682.28 ↑ +439%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital
Imagine Health Commercial not published by hospital
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial not published by hospital

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