X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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

$538.91

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.

$898.19

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.

$110.93 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $808.37 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 $110.93 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $116.76 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $116.76 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $122.33 ↓ -77%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $122.33 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $122.60 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $122.60 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $122.60 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $122.60 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $130.78 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $140.12 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $141.23 ↓ -74%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $145.06 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $145.06 ↓ -73%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $145.06 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $146.58 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $210.18 ↓ -61%
Mark Cuban Commercial $272.35 ↓ -49%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $326.76 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $376.59 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $381.07 ↓ -29%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $384.43 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $435.99 ↓ -19%
Cigna Local Plus $450.89 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $458.41 ↓ -15%
MidCoast Commercial $494.00 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $494.00 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $494.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $494.00 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $520.95 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $529.93 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $538.91 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $583.82 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $620.65 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $628.73 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $628.73 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $628.73 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $673.64 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $673.64 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $718.55 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $808.37 ↑ +50%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,087.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $643.60 $62.81 – $804.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $538.91 $67.21 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $538.91 $62.81 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $643.60 $62.81 – $965.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04

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