Pet CT whole body initial 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

$5,953.50

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.

$9,922.50

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.

$1,225.43 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $8,930.25 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,225.43 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,289.92 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $1,289.92 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $1,351.44 ↓ -77%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $1,351.44 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $1,354.42 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $1,354.42 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,354.42 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $1,354.42 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,444.72 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $1,547.91 ↓ -74%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $1,602.48 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $1,602.48 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $1,602.48 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $1,619.35 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,966.47 ↓ -67%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $2,321.86 ↓ -61%
Mark Cuban Commercial $3,875.56 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,982.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Local Plus $4,271.00 ↓ -28%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $4,321.75 ↓ -27%
Imagine Health Commercial $4,493.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $5,025.00 ↓ -16%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $5,084.41 ↓ -15%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $5,371.00 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $5,457.38 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $5,457.38 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $5,457.38 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $5,750.05 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $5,818.83 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $5,953.50 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $6,449.62 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $6,657.95 ↑ +12%
First Health PPO $6,945.75 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $6,945.75 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $6,945.75 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $7,015.61 ↑ +18%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $7,441.88 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $7,441.88 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $7,938.00 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $8,930.25 ↑ +50%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Pet CT whole body initial at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,231.06 $1,364.64 – $6,538.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,953.50 $1,364.64 – $7,441.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,231.06 $1,364.64 – $6,538.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,953.50 $1,364.64 – $8,930.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5,953.50 $1,458.59 – $8,930.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,953.50 $1,364.64 – $8,930.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $5,231.06 $1,364.64 – $6,538.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $5,231.06 $1,366.89 – $6,538.82

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