Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 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

$253.71

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.

$704.75

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.

$115.64 with BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH vs $401.71 with CIGNA — 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
BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH 872_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUEHEATH 20250101 $115.64 ↓ -54%
BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 $144.54 ↓ -43%
BCBS ESSENTIALS HMO 870_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $152.80 ↓ -40%
BCBS PPO 869_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $168.63 ↓ -34%
CIGNA 930_CIGNA 20250701 $401.71 ↑ +58%

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Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $644.75 $128.95 – $913.40
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $766.31 $137.66 – $1,085.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $644.75 $132.71 – $967.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $739.84 $147.97 – $924.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $766.31 $157.62 – $1,085.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $644.75 $206.97 – $967.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $644.75 $333.12 – $967.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $739.84 $231.27 – $1,109.75

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