Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

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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.

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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.

$199.34 with TRICARE vs $454.38 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
TRICARE 877_TRICARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $199.34
TRICARE 986_TRICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $199.34
VA 887_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $199.34
VA 992_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $199.34
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 920_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ASCENSION COMPLETE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $199.34
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 995_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ASCENSION COMPLETE INPATIENT 20251001 $199.34
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100 PERCENT 879_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% OUTPATIENT 20250101 $199.34
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100 PERCENT 988_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% INPATIENT 20251001 $199.34
WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 918_WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $199.34
WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 994_WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $199.34
UHC MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 883_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $203.33
AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 880_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $203.33
AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 989_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 $203.33
UHC MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 991_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE INPATIENT 20251001 $203.33
SWHP MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 990_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SCOTT AND WHITE INPATIENT 20251001 $205.32
SWHP MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 882_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SCOTT AND WHITE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $205.32
SMARTHEALTH 875_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $279.08
SMARTHEALTH 984_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $279.08
SUPERIOR AMBETTER 876_SUPERIOR AMBETTER OUTPATIENT 20250101 $299.01
GREEN IMAGING 932_GREEN IMAGING OUTPATIENT 20250101 $299.01
SUPERIOR AMBETTER 985_SUPERIOR AMBETTER INPATIENT 20251001 $299.01
BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH 872_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUEHEATH 20250101 $305.37
BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 $382.64
BCBS ESSENTIALS HMO 870_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $412.07
BCBS PPO 869_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $454.38

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $196.34 $39.27 – $528.37
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