Blood typing ag donor ea ag 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

$74.16

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.

$206.00

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.

$4.80 with WELLPOINT STAR vs $1,249.84 with BCBS PPO — 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
WELLPOINT STAR 815_WELLPOINT (AMERIGROUP) STAR INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 100% 816_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 100% INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
SWHP RIGHTCARE STAR 818_SWHP RIGHTCARE STAR INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS STAR 974_BCBS STAR INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
MOLINA MEDICAID REPLACEMENT CHIP 891_MOLINA CHIP INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
MCLENNAN COUNTY INDIGENT 933_MCLENNAN COUNTY INDIGENT INPATIENT 20250601 $4.80 ↓ -94%
SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 898_SUPERIOR CHIP INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
SUPERIOR STAR 817_SUPERIOR STAR INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
SUPERIOR STAR PLUS 856_SUPERIOR STAR PLUS INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
UHC STAR 929_UHC STAR INPATIENT 20250701 $4.80 ↓ -94%
UHC STAR KIDS 894_UHC STAR KIDS INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
UHC STAR PLUS 852_UHC STAR PLUS INPATIENT 20240901 $4.80 ↓ -94%
FIRSTCARE FOCUS NETWORK 130_FIRSTCARE FOCUS NETWORK 20131001 $5.16 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR 928_UHC STAR OUTPATIENT 20250701 $5.33 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT STAR 902_WELLPOINT (AMERIGROUP) STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
MOLINA MEDICAID REPLACEMENT CHIP 908_MOLINA CHIP OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 910_SUPERIOR CHIP OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR PLUS 906_UHC STAR PLUS OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
SUPERIOR STAR PLUS 907_SUPERIOR STAR PLUS OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 100% 903_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 100% OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
SWHP RIGHTCARE STAR 905_SWHP RIGHTCARE STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR KIDS 909_UHC STAR KIDS OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
SUPERIOR STAR 904_SUPERIOR STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
BCBS STAR 975_BCBS STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 $5.33 ↓ -93%
FIRSTCARE HMO 839_FIRSTCARE HMO 20241001 $5.80 ↓ -92%
WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 994_WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $352.55 ↑ +375%
TRICARE 986_TRICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $352.55 ↑ +375%
VA 887_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $352.55 ↑ +375%
VA 992_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $352.55 ↑ +375%
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 920_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ASCENSION COMPLETE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $352.55 ↑ +375%
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 995_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ASCENSION COMPLETE INPATIENT 20251001 $352.55 ↑ +375%
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100 PERCENT 879_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% OUTPATIENT 20250101 $352.55 ↑ +375%
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100 PERCENT 988_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% INPATIENT 20251001 $352.55 ↑ +375%
WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 918_WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $352.55 ↑ +375%
TRICARE 877_TRICARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $352.55 ↑ +375%
AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 880_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $359.60 ↑ +385%
UHC MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 883_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $359.60 ↑ +385%
UHC MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 991_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE INPATIENT 20251001 $359.60 ↑ +385%
AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 989_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 $359.60 ↑ +385%
SWHP MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 882_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SCOTT AND WHITE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $363.13 ↑ +390%
SWHP MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 990_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SCOTT AND WHITE INPATIENT 20251001 $363.13 ↑ +390%
SMARTHEALTH 875_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $493.57 ↑ +566%
SMARTHEALTH 984_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $493.57 ↑ +566%
SUPERIOR AMBETTER 985_SUPERIOR AMBETTER INPATIENT 20251001 $528.83 ↑ +613%
GREEN IMAGING 932_GREEN IMAGING OUTPATIENT 20250101 $528.83 ↑ +613%
SUPERIOR AMBETTER 876_SUPERIOR AMBETTER OUTPATIENT 20250101 $528.83 ↑ +613%
BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH 872_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUEHEATH 20250101 $529.98 ↑ +615%
BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 $660.35 ↑ +790%
BCBS ESSENTIALS HMO 870_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $1,144.98 ↑ +1444%
BCBS PPO 869_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $1,249.84 ↑ +1585%

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