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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$92.09

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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.

$153.48

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 $129.45 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
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $14.24 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.76 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $18.19 ↓ -80%
TriWest Community Care Network $18.70 ↓ -80%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.70 ↓ -80%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $19.59 ↓ -79%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $19.59 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $19.63 ↓ -79%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $19.63 ↓ -79%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $19.63 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $19.63 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $20.94 ↓ -77%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $21.40 ↓ -77%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $22.44 ↓ -76%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $23.23 ↓ -75%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $23.23 ↓ -75%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $23.23 ↓ -75%
Mark Cuban Commercial $23.30 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $23.47 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $33.66 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $50.20 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $50.88 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $58.16 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $61.27 ↓ -33%
Cigna Local Plus $72.20 ↓ -22%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $79.11 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial $79.11 ↓ -14%
MidCoast Commercial $79.11 ↓ -14%
Imagine Health Commercial $83.42 ↓ -9%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $83.42 ↓ -9%
Cigna HMO/PPO $84.86 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $86.30 ↓ -6%
Curative Commercial $93.49 ↑ +2%
Humana Commercial PPO $100.68 ↑ +9%
HealthSmart Accel Network $100.68 ↑ +9%
First Health PPO $100.68 ↑ +9%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $107.87 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $107.87 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial HMO $115.06 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $129.45 ↑ +41%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $111.51 $8.16 – $115.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $123.97 $8.16 – $115.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $111.51 $8.16 – $115.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $92.09 $8.73 – $129.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $92.09 $8.00 – $129.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $111.51 $8.16 – $115.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $111.51 $8.16 – $115.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $92.09 $8.16 – $107.87

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