Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic 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

$102.49

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.

$170.81

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.

$14.28 with Superior Health Plan vs $128.11 with HealthSmart — 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
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $14.28 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $15.28 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.15 ↓ -84%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $16.49 ↓ -84%
TriWest Community Care Network $17.00 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $17.00 ↓ -83%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $17.85 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $17.85 ↓ -83%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.85 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.04 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $20.40 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $21.34 ↓ -79%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $21.44 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $24.48 ↓ -76%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $25.41 ↓ -75%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $25.41 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $28.05 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $30.92 ↓ -70%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $36.38 ↓ -65%
Mark Cuban Commercial $40.80 ↓ -60%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $56.37 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus $75.79 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $75.79 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $83.68 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $85.75 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $87.89 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $89.08 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $93.95 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $93.95 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $93.95 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $99.07 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $99.07 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $100.78 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $101.83 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $102.49 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $107.27 ↑ +5%
Humana Commercial HMO $111.03 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $111.03 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $119.57 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $119.57 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $119.57 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $128.11 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $128.11 ↑ +25%

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Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $14.28 – $74.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $102.49 $10.00 – $128.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $102.49 $12.00 – $153.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $102.49 $12.00 – $128.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $102.49 $10.00 – $128.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $102.49 $12.00 – $153.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $102.49 $8.00 – $153.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $102.49 $12.00 – $153.73

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