Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$158.27

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$263.79

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 $905.49 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 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.58 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.29 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $34.29 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $35.93 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $35.93 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $36.01 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $36.01 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $36.01 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $36.01 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.41 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $41.15 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $42.60 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $42.60 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $42.60 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $43.05 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $49.67 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $61.73 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $95.97 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $112.90 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $132.42 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $145.08 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $145.08 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $145.08 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $153.00 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $153.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $155.64 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $158.27 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $171.46 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $184.65 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $184.65 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $184.65 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $197.84 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $197.84 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $211.03 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $237.41 ↑ +50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $423.12 ↑ +167%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $741.89 ↑ +369%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $751.94 ↑ +375%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $859.57 ↑ +443%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $905.49 ↑ +472%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $128.09 $552.48 – $552.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $169.52 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $149.06 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $169.52 $10.00 – $423.12
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $158.27 $8.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $149.06 $12.00 – $423.12
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