Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 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

$381.91

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.

$636.52

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.

$78.61 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $777.56 with Mark Cuban — 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 $78.61 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $82.75 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $82.75 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $86.69 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $86.69 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $86.88 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $86.88 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $86.88 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $86.88 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $92.68 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $99.30 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $102.80 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $102.80 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $102.80 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $103.88 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $119.86 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $148.95 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $231.57 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $272.43 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $319.53 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $350.09 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $350.09 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $350.09 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $369.18 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $369.18 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $375.55 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $381.91 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $413.74 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $417.82 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $423.35 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare Commercial $439.84 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $445.56 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $445.56 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $445.56 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $477.39 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $477.39 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $484.23 ↑ +27%
Humana Commercial HMO $509.22 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $510.51 ↑ +34%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $572.87 ↑ +50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $777.56 ↑ +104%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $314.96 $89.24 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $277.93 $55.59 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $314.96 $83.99 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $381.91 $122.59 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $381.91 $197.32 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $277.93 $92.64 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $314.96 $83.99 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $314.96 $78.74 – $777.56

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