Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at Ascension Providence

6901 Medical Pkwy, Waco, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093708679

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$7,401.87

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.

$20,560.75

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.

$7,460.00 with FIRSTCARE FOCUS NETWORK vs $21,702.00 with CIGNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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
FIRSTCARE FOCUS NETWORK 130_FIRSTCARE FOCUS NETWORK 20131001 $7,460.00 ↑ +1%
HUMANA 644_HUMANA HMO PPO 20230701 $7,649.00 ↑ +3%
PHCS 376_PHCS 20191001 $8,280.00 ↑ +12%
BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH 872_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUEHEATH 20250101 $9,770.04 ↑ +32%
FIRSTCARE HMO 839_FIRSTCARE HMO 20241001 $11,531.56 ↑ +56%
BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 $12,242.28 ↑ +65%
FIRSTCARE PPO 840_FIRSTCARE PPO 20241001 $12,985.92 ↑ +75%
BCBS ESSENTIALS HMO 870_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $13,183.99 ↑ +78%
BCBS PPO 869_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $14,537.70 ↑ +96%
CIGNA 930_CIGNA 20250701 $21,702.00 ↑ +193%

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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $13,145.08 $1,636.00 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $13,144.70 $3,724.33 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $13,145.08 $2,705.70 – $19,717.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $11,694.25 $2,338.85 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $13,144.70 $3,505.25 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $13,145.08 $4,219.57 – $19,717.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $13,145.08 $6,791.63 – $19,717.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $11,694.25 $3,898.08 – $18,500.61

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