Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$809.98

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.

$1,349.96

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.

$166.72 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $4,563.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $166.72 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $175.49 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $175.49 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $183.86 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $183.86 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $184.27 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $184.27 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $184.27 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $184.27 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $196.55 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $210.59 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $218.02 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $218.02 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $218.02 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $220.31 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $281.26 ↓ -65%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $315.89 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $532.42 ↓ -34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $626.38 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $742.48 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $742.48 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $742.48 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $809.98 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $877.47 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $944.97 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $944.97 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $944.97 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $981.33 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $993.83 ↑ +23%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,012.47 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,012.47 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $1,079.97 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $1,137.59 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $1,200.10 ↑ +48%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $1,214.96 ↑ +50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,713.14 ↑ +112%
Cigna Local Plus $2,975.00 ↑ +267%
Cigna HMO/PPO $3,500.00 ↑ +332%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,563.00 ↑ +463%
Imagine Health Commercial not published by hospital
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,216.22 $262.86 – $3,693.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $749.98 $262.86 – $2,975.00
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