Albumin ischemia modified at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST

100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 13, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$50.28

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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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$83.80

Gross charge

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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.

$27.65 with Texas Workforce Commission vs $214.16 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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

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

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
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $27.65 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $28.51 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $30.51 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.24 ↓ -36%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $32.92 ↓ -35%
TriWest Community Care Network $33.94 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare $33.94 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $35.64 ↓ -29%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $35.64 ↓ -29%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $35.64 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Charter $37.18 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $37.18 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.01 ↓ -24%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $40.73 ↓ -19%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $41.05 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $42.07 ↓ -16%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $42.59 ↓ -15%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $42.80 ↓ -15%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $46.09 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $46.09 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $46.09 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $48.60 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $48.60 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $48.88 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $49.44 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $50.28 ↑ +0%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $50.74 ↑ +1%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $50.74 ↑ +1%
Humana Commercial HMO $54.47 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $54.47 ↑ +8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $56.00 ↑ +11%
First Health PPO $58.66 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $58.66 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $58.66 ↑ +17%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $61.85 ↑ +23%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $62.85 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $62.85 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $72.76 ↑ +45%
Mark Cuban Commercial $81.46 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $175.47 ↑ +249%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $177.85 ↑ +254%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $203.30 ↑ +304%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $214.16 ↑ +326%

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Albumin ischemia modified at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $28.51 – $149.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $50.28 $10.35 – $81.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $50.28 $12.00 – $81.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $50.28 $12.00 – $81.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $50.28 $8.00 – $81.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $50.28 $12.00 – $81.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $50.28 $12.00 – $81.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $50.28 $12.00 – $175.47

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