Homocysteine 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

$193.34

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.

$322.23

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.

$12.00 with United Healthcare vs $225.00 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
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $26.27 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $30.88 ↓ -84%
TriWest Community Care Network $32.50 ↓ -83%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.50 ↓ -83%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $32.74 ↓ -83%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $34.05 ↓ -82%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $34.05 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $34.12 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $34.12 ↓ -82%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $34.12 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $34.12 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $36.40 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $38.52 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $39.00 ↓ -80%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $40.38 ↓ -79%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $40.38 ↓ -79%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $40.38 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $40.80 ↓ -79%
Mark Cuban Commercial $43.01 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $58.50 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $92.65 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $93.90 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $107.34 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $113.08 ↓ -42%
Cigna Local Plus $125.50 ↓ -35%
MidCoast Commercial $137.50 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial $137.50 ↓ -29%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $137.50 ↓ -29%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $145.00 ↓ -25%
Imagine Health Commercial $145.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $147.50 ↓ -24%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $150.00 ↓ -22%
Curative Commercial $162.50 ↓ -16%
HealthSmart Accel Network $175.00 ↓ -9%
First Health PPO $175.00 ↓ -9%
Humana Commercial PPO $175.00 ↓ -9%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $187.50 ↓ -3%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $187.50 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial HMO $200.00 ↑ +3%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $225.00 ↑ +16%

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