Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 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

$3,152.98

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$5,254.97

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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.

$564.12 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $6,339.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $564.12 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $571.30 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $648.99 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $653.94 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $683.15 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $683.15 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $689.88 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $715.73 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $715.73 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $717.30 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $717.30 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $717.30 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $717.30 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $765.12 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $819.78 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $848.68 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $848.68 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $848.68 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $857.61 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $989.51 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,229.66 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $2,072.56 ↓ -34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,438.31 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,502.00 ↓ -21%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $2,890.23 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $2,890.23 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $2,890.23 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $3,152.98 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $3,415.73 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $3,678.48 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $3,678.48 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $3,678.48 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $3,941.23 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $3,941.23 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $4,203.98 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $4,729.47 ↑ +50%
Cigna Local Plus $5,388.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna HMO/PPO $6,339.00 ↑ +101%
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Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,320.83 $607.23 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,729.85 $545.97 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,320.83 $445.54 – $7,038.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,152.98 $689.88 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,152.98 $1,629.04 – $4,729.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,729.85 $564.12 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,320.83 $607.23 – $7,038.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $4,320.83 $607.23 – $7,038.00

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