Ultrasound guide intraoperative 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

$656.12

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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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$1,093.53

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.

$135.05 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $984.18 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 $135.05 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $142.16 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $142.16 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $148.94 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $148.94 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $149.27 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $149.27 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $149.27 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $149.27 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $159.22 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $170.59 ↓ -74%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $176.61 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $176.61 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $176.61 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $178.46 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $205.91 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $219.17 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $221.78 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $253.74 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $255.89 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $266.79 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $397.83 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $468.03 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $548.95 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $601.44 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $601.44 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $601.44 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $601.44 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $634.25 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $645.18 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $656.12 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $710.79 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $755.63 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $765.47 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $765.47 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $765.47 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $820.15 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $820.15 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $874.82 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $984.18 ↑ +50%

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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $632.90 $130.46 – $896.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $488.56 $97.71 – $610.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $632.90 $149.38 – $896.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $656.12 $210.61 – $984.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $656.12 $338.99 – $984.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $488.56 $162.85 – $732.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $632.90 $130.46 – $896.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $632.90 $130.46 – $896.61

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