Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection 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

$341.73

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.

$949.25

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.

$170.00 with WELLPOINT STAR vs $286.76 with BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO — 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 $170.00 ↓ -50%
WELLPOINT STAR 902_WELLPOINT (AMERIGROUP) STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 $170.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS STAR 974_BCBS STAR INPATIENT 20240901 $178.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS STAR 975_BCBS STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 $178.50 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 898_SUPERIOR CHIP INPATIENT 20240901 $178.50 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 910_SUPERIOR CHIP OUTPATIENT 20241201 $178.50 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR STAR 817_SUPERIOR STAR INPATIENT 20240901 $178.50 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR STAR 904_SUPERIOR STAR OUTPATIENT 20241201 $178.50 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR STAR PLUS 856_SUPERIOR STAR PLUS INPATIENT 20240901 $178.50 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR STAR PLUS 907_SUPERIOR STAR PLUS OUTPATIENT 20241201 $178.50 ↓ -48%
UHC 943_UNITED HEALTHCARE 20250701 $195.18 ↓ -43%
BCBS ESSENTIALS HMO 870_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $202.47 ↓ -41%
BCBS PPO 869_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $213.21 ↓ -38%
BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH 872_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUEHEATH 20250101 $228.92 ↓ -33%
BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 $286.76 ↓ -16%

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