Iron 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

$70.72

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.

$117.87

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.

$9.48 with United Healthcare vs $106.08 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 Medicaid/CHIP $9.48 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $10.91 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -83%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $12.84 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.56 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $15.32 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.32 ↓ -78%
Mark Cuban Commercial $15.53 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $16.05 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $16.05 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $16.09 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $16.09 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $16.09 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $16.09 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.16 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $18.39 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $19.04 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $19.04 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $19.04 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $19.24 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $27.58 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $33.45 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $33.90 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $38.76 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $40.83 ↓ -42%
Cigna Local Plus $59.17 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $64.83 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $64.83 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $64.83 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $68.36 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $68.36 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $69.54 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $70.72 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $76.62 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $82.51 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $82.51 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $82.51 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $88.40 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $88.40 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $94.30 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $106.08 ↑ +50%

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