Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at Ascension Providence
6901 Medical Pkwy, Waco, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093708679
$90.00
Cash price 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.
$250.00
Gross charge 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.
$65.80 with BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH vs $309.74 with SUPERIOR AMBETTER — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH | 872_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUEHEATH 20250101 | $65.80 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO | 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 | $82.45 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS ESSENTIALS HMO | 870_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $88.79 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS PPO | 869_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $97.91 | ↑ +9% |
| TRICARE | 877_TRICARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| TRICARE | 986_TRICARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| VA | 887_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| VA | 992_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 920_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ASCENSION COMPLETE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 995_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ASCENSION COMPLETE INPATIENT 20251001 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100 PERCENT | 879_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100 PERCENT | 988_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 100% INPATIENT 20251001 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 918_WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 994_WELLCARE ALLWELL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $206.49 | ↑ +129% |
| AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 880_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $210.62 | ↑ +134% |
| AETNA MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 989_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 | $210.62 | ↑ +134% |
| UHC MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 883_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $210.62 | ↑ +134% |
| UHC MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 991_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $210.62 | ↑ +134% |
| SWHP MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 990_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SCOTT AND WHITE INPATIENT 20251001 | $212.68 | ↑ +136% |
| SWHP MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 882_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SCOTT AND WHITE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $212.68 | ↑ +136% |
| SMARTHEALTH | 875_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $289.09 | ↑ +221% |
| SMARTHEALTH | 984_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $289.09 | ↑ +221% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 876_SUPERIOR AMBETTER OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $309.74 | ↑ +244% |
| GREEN IMAGING | 932_GREEN IMAGING OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $309.74 | ↑ +244% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 985_SUPERIOR AMBETTER INPATIENT 20251001 | $309.74 | ↑ +244% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $304.45 | $60.89 – $530.97 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $307.07 | $152.61 – $152.61 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $314.60 | $89.14 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $304.45 | $62.67 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $362.20 | $72.44 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $314.60 | $83.89 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $304.45 | $97.73 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $304.45 | $157.30 – $530.97 |