M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq 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

$1,137.71

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.

$1,896.18

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.

$36.00 with United Healthcare vs $905.49 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
United Healthcare Commercial $36.00 ↓ -97%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $61.75 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $65.00 ↓ -94%
TriWest Community Care Network $65.00 ↓ -94%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $68.10 ↓ -94%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $68.10 ↓ -94%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $68.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $68.25 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $68.25 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $68.25 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $72.80 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $78.00 ↓ -93%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $80.75 ↓ -93%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $80.75 ↓ -93%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $80.75 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $81.60 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $94.15 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $117.00 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $181.90 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $214.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Local Plus $251.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $275.00 ↓ -76%
MidCoast Commercial $275.00 ↓ -76%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $275.00 ↓ -76%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $290.00 ↓ -75%
Imagine Health Commercial $290.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna HMO/PPO $295.00 ↓ -74%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $300.00 ↓ -74%
Curative Commercial $325.00 ↓ -71%
Humana Commercial PPO $350.00 ↓ -69%
HealthSmart Accel Network $350.00 ↓ -69%
First Health PPO $350.00 ↓ -69%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $375.00 ↓ -67%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $375.00 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial HMO $400.00 ↓ -65%
Mark Cuban Commercial $423.12 ↓ -63%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $450.00 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $741.89 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $751.94 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $859.57 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $905.49 ↓ -20%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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