Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext 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

$330.61

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.

$551.02

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.

$68.05 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $495.92 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $68.05 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $71.63 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $71.63 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $75.05 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $75.05 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $75.21 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $75.21 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $75.21 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $75.21 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $80.23 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $85.96 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $88.99 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $88.99 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $88.99 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $89.93 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $103.76 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $128.94 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $136.05 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $137.85 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $157.68 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $166.23 ↓ -50%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $200.46 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $235.84 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $276.61 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $303.06 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $303.06 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $303.06 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $319.59 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $319.59 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $325.10 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $330.61 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $358.16 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $380.75 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $385.71 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $385.71 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $385.71 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $413.26 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $413.26 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $440.82 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $495.92 ↑ +50%

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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $312.74 $88.61 – $443.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $301.90 $60.38 – $377.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $312.74 $83.40 – $443.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $330.61 $106.13 – $495.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $330.61 $170.82 – $495.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $301.90 $100.63 – $452.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $312.74 $83.40 – $443.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $312.74 $78.18 – $443.05

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