Microdissection manual 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

$350.63

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.

$584.38

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.

$30.47 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $820.93 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $30.47 ↓ -91%
TriWest Community Care Network $32.07 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.07 ↓ -91%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $33.60 ↓ -90%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $33.60 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $33.67 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $33.67 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $33.67 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $33.67 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $35.92 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Commercial $36.00 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $38.49 ↓ -89%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $39.84 ↓ -89%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $39.84 ↓ -89%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $39.84 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $40.26 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $46.45 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $57.73 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $89.75 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $105.59 ↓ -70%
Cigna Local Plus $123.84 ↓ -65%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $135.69 ↓ -61%
MidCoast Commercial $135.69 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial $135.69 ↓ -61%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $143.09 ↓ -59%
Imagine Health Commercial $143.09 ↓ -59%
Cigna HMO/PPO $145.55 ↓ -58%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $148.02 ↓ -58%
Curative Commercial $160.35 ↓ -54%
First Health PPO $172.69 ↓ -51%
Humana Commercial PPO $172.69 ↓ -51%
HealthSmart Accel Network $172.69 ↓ -51%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $185.03 ↓ -47%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $185.03 ↓ -47%
Humana Commercial HMO $197.36 ↓ -44%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $222.03 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $672.62 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $681.72 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $779.30 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $820.93 ↑ +134%

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Microdissection manual at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $388.07 $35.00 – $317.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $350.63 $29.60 – $672.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $388.07 $35.00 – $473.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $350.63 $36.00 – $820.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $350.63 $26.00 – $222.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $350.63 $36.00 – $672.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $388.07 $35.00 – $317.44
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