Ghs st - eval for alt comm 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

$115.82

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.

$193.04

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.

$23.84 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $173.74 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 $23.84 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $25.10 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $25.10 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $26.29 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $26.29 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $26.35 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $26.35 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $26.35 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $26.35 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $28.11 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $30.11 ↓ -74%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $31.18 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $31.18 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $31.18 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $31.50 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $36.35 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $45.17 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $70.23 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $82.62 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $96.91 ↓ -16%
Mark Cuban Commercial $99.35 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $100.96 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $102.30 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $106.17 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $106.17 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $106.17 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $111.96 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $111.96 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $113.89 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $115.82 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $117.00 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $123.36 ↑ +7%
Curative Commercial $125.48 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $133.39 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $135.13 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $135.13 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $135.13 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $144.78 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $144.78 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $154.43 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $173.74 ↑ +50%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $115.63 $23.13 – $144.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $115.82 $35.64 – $173.74
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $115.82 $23.16 – $144.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $115.82 $28.96 – $173.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $115.63 $21.20 – $173.44
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