Therapy photodnmc lght dstr lsn skn by staff rx per day 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

$540.38

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.

$900.63

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.

$111.23 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $810.57 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 $111.23 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $117.08 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $117.08 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $122.67 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $122.67 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $122.94 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $122.94 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $122.94 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $122.94 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $131.13 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $140.50 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $145.45 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $145.45 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $145.45 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $146.98 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $169.59 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $210.75 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $327.65 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $385.47 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $452.12 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $495.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $495.35 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $495.35 ↓ -8%
Mark Cuban Commercial $495.95 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $522.37 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $522.37 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $527.68 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO/PPO $531.37 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $534.67 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $540.38 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $585.41 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $611.55 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Commercial $622.34 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $630.44 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $630.44 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $630.44 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $644.75 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $675.47 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $675.47 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $720.50 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $810.57 ↑ +50%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $540.38 $135.09 – $810.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $425.40 $77.99 – $638.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $425.40 $134.71 – $567.20

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