Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$3,062.22

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.

$5,103.70

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.

$630.31 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $10,880.00 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 $630.31 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $663.48 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $663.48 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $695.12 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $695.12 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $696.66 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $696.66 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $696.66 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $696.66 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $743.10 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $796.18 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $824.25 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $824.25 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $824.25 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $832.92 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $961.03 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,194.27 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,504.70 ↓ -51%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $1,770.24 ↓ -42%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,779.00 ↓ -42%
Mark Cuban Commercial $2,198.25 ↓ -28%
Cigna Local Plus $2,562.06 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $2,807.03 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $2,807.03 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $2,960.15 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $3,011.18 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $3,062.22 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $3,317.41 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $3,572.59 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $3,572.59 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $3,827.78 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Accel Network $3,827.78 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $3,827.78 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $4,082.96 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $4,593.33 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial $6,643.00 ↑ +117%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $7,280.00 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $9,040.00 ↑ +195%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $10,320.00 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $10,880.00 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $7,379.79 $2,566.64 – $2,566.64
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,540.23 $719.73 – $3,175.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,595.72 $719.14 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,540.23 $677.39 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,062.22 $788.30 – $4,593.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,062.22 $1,582.15 – $4,593.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,595.72 $788.30 – $5,393.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,540.23 $677.39 – $3,175.28

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