MRA spinal canal at Ascension Providence
6901 Medical Pkwy, Waco, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093708679
$948.96
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.
$2,636.00
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.
$674.50 with BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO vs $1,764.58 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.
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 ADVANTAGE HMO | 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 | $674.50 | ↓ -29% |
| FIRSTCARE FOCUS NETWORK | 130_FIRSTCARE FOCUS NETWORK 20131001 | $1,319.12 | ↑ +39% |
| FIRSTCARE HMO | 839_FIRSTCARE HMO 20241001 | $1,441.45 | ↑ +52% |
| CIGNA | 930_CIGNA 20250701 | $1,502.52 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS ESSENTIALS HMO | 870_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $1,582.37 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH | 872_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUEHEATH 20250101 | $1,687.86 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS PPO | 869_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $1,764.58 | ↑ +86% |
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MRA spinal canal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $1,590.77 | $318.15 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,803.94 | $511.12 – $2,555.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,590.77 | $327.43 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,268.00 | $453.60 – $2,835.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,803.94 | $481.05 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,590.77 | $510.64 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,590.77 | $821.90 – $2,700.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,268.00 | $756.00 – $3,402.00 |