Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

$640.45

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$1,067.42

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$67.47 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $960.68 with BlueBell Creameries — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $67.47 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $68.36 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $78.19 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $82.43 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $131.83 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $138.76 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $138.76 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $145.38 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $145.38 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $145.70 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $145.70 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $145.70 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $145.70 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $155.42 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $166.52 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $172.39 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $172.39 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $172.39 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $174.20 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $201.00 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $249.78 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $388.33 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $456.86 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $535.84 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $587.08 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $587.08 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $619.10 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $619.10 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $629.78 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $640.45 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $693.82 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $737.59 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $747.19 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $747.19 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $747.19 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $800.57 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $800.57 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $853.94 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $917.00 ↑ +43%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $960.68 ↑ +50%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $649.89 $86.01 – $86.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $702.59 $68.58 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $745.70 $67.47 – $932.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $702.59 $52.28 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $640.45 $82.43 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $640.45 $330.90 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $745.70 $67.47 – $1,118.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $702.59 $68.58 – $995.33

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →