Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$526.55

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.

$877.59

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.

$108.38 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $1,021.72 with Mark Cuban — 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 $108.38 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $114.09 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $114.09 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $119.53 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $119.53 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $119.79 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $119.79 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $119.79 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $119.79 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $127.78 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $136.90 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $141.73 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $141.73 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $141.73 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $143.22 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $205.36 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $250.66 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $253.64 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $290.19 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $305.11 ↓ -42%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $319.27 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $375.61 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $440.55 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $482.67 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $482.67 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $482.67 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $509.00 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $509.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $517.78 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $526.55 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $529.80 ↑ +1%
Curative Commercial $570.43 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $606.41 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $614.31 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $614.31 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $614.31 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $658.19 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $658.19 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $702.07 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $789.83 ↑ +50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,021.72 ↑ +94%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $680.77 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $589.22 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $680.77 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $526.55 $86.88 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $526.55 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $589.22 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $680.77 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $680.77 $81.20 – $1,021.72

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