Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans 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

$94.66

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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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$157.76

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 $141.98 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 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.48 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $19.68 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.51 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $20.51 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $21.49 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $21.49 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $21.53 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $21.53 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $21.53 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $21.53 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $22.97 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $23.65 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $24.61 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $25.48 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $25.48 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $25.48 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $25.75 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $27.82 ↓ -71%
Mark Cuban Commercial $32.21 ↓ -66%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $36.92 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $69.38 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $70.32 ↓ -26%
Cigna Local Plus $79.20 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $80.39 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $84.68 ↓ -11%
MidCoast Commercial $86.77 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $86.77 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $86.77 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $91.50 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $91.50 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $93.08 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $94.66 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $102.54 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $110.43 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $110.43 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $110.43 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $118.32 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $118.32 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $126.21 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $141.98 ↑ +50%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $94.17 $12.08 – $51.67
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $86.83 $10.00 – $108.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $91.90 $11.27 – $114.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $86.83 $10.00 – $108.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $94.66 $12.00 – $141.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $94.66 $8.00 – $141.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $91.90 $11.27 – $137.85
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