Hemoglobin thermolabile 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

$10.80

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.

$18.00

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.

$2.22 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $56.79 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $2.22 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.34 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $2.34 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $2.45 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $2.45 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $2.46 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $2.46 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $2.46 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2.46 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2.62 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $2.81 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $2.91 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $2.91 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $2.91 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $2.94 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $4.21 ↓ -61%
Cigna Local Plus $9.04 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $9.90 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $9.90 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $9.90 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $10.44 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $10.44 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $10.62 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $10.80 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $11.70 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↑ +11%
Humana Commercial PPO $12.60 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $12.60 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $12.60 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $13.19 ↑ +22%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $13.50 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $13.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $14.40 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $16.20 ↑ +50%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $16.37 ↑ +52%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $19.26 ↑ +78%
Mark Cuban Commercial $21.60 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $46.53 ↑ +331%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $47.16 ↑ +337%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $53.91 ↑ +399%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $56.79 ↑ +426%

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