Interrog dev eval scrms ip 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

$279.11

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.

$465.19

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.

$57.45 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $917.00 with Aetna — 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 $57.45 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $60.47 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $60.47 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $63.36 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $63.36 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $63.50 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $63.50 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $63.50 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $63.50 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $67.73 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $69.43 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $70.35 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $72.57 ↓ -74%
Mark Cuban Commercial $73.76 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $75.13 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $75.13 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $75.13 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $75.92 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $80.47 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $84.83 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $87.60 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $108.85 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $169.24 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $199.10 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $233.53 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $255.85 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $255.85 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $269.81 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $269.81 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $274.46 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $279.11 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $302.37 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $321.45 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $325.63 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $325.63 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $325.63 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $348.89 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $348.89 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $372.15 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $418.67 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial $917.00 ↑ +229%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $217.94 $27.61 – $272.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $259.93 $27.61 – $917.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $279.11 $73.76 – $418.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $259.93 $27.61 – $389.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $217.94 $27.61 – $272.42
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