Cholesterol 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

$61.91

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.

$103.19

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.

$2.20 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $27.45 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.20 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.31 ↓ -96%
TriWest Community Care Network $2.31 ↓ -96%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $2.42 ↓ -96%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $2.42 ↓ -96%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $2.43 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $2.43 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2.43 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $2.43 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2.59 ↓ -96%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $2.78 ↓ -96%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $2.87 ↓ -95%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $2.87 ↓ -95%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $2.87 ↓ -95%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $2.90 ↓ -95%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $4.17 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $6.38 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $7.28 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $8.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna Local Plus $8.94 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $9.79 ↓ -84%
MidCoast Commercial $9.79 ↓ -84%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $9.79 ↓ -84%
Imagine Health Commercial $10.32 ↓ -83%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $10.32 ↓ -83%
Mark Cuban Commercial $10.44 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO/PPO $10.50 ↓ -83%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $10.68 ↓ -83%
Curative Commercial $11.57 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -81%
HealthSmart Accel Network $12.46 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial PPO $12.46 ↓ -80%
First Health PPO $12.46 ↓ -80%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $13.35 ↓ -78%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $13.35 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial HMO $14.24 ↓ -77%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $16.02 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $22.49 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $22.79 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $26.06 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $27.45 ↓ -56%

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