Heart infarct image (ef) 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

$442.89

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.

$738.15

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.

$91.16 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $1,338.97 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 $91.16 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $95.96 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $95.96 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $100.54 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $100.54 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $100.76 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $100.76 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $100.76 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $100.76 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $107.47 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $115.15 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $119.21 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $119.21 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $119.21 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $120.47 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $172.73 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $268.54 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $315.93 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $370.55 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $405.98 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $405.98 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $405.98 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $428.13 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $428.13 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $435.51 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $442.89 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $479.80 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $510.06 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $516.71 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $516.71 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $516.71 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $553.61 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $553.61 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $576.41 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $583.27 ↑ +32%
Humana Commercial HMO $590.52 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $664.34 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $667.33 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $701.64 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $725.70 ↑ +64%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,338.97 ↑ +202%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Heart infarct image (ef) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $465.04 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $442.89 $194.48 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $442.89 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $465.04 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $442.89 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $442.89 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $465.04 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $465.04 $147.26 – $1,338.97

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