Ther radiology tx plng cplx 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

$290.77

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.

$484.62

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.

$59.85 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $818.28 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 $59.85 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $63.00 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $63.00 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $66.01 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $66.01 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $66.15 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $66.15 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $66.15 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $66.15 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $70.56 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $75.60 ↓ -74%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $78.27 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $78.27 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $78.27 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $79.09 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $91.25 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $113.40 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $176.30 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $207.42 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $243.28 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $266.54 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $266.54 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $266.54 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $281.08 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $281.08 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $285.93 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $290.77 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $315.00 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $334.87 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $339.23 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $339.23 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $339.23 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $363.46 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $363.46 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $387.70 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $436.16 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $671.85 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $678.74 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $778.66 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $818.28 ↑ +181%

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Ther radiology tx plng cplx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $269.23 $76.28 – $381.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $269.23 $71.80 – $381.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $290.77 $93.34 – $818.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $290.77 $150.23 – $436.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $269.23 $71.80 – $381.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $269.23 $67.31 – $381.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $290.77 $58.15 – $671.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $269.23 $49.36 – $381.41

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