Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$918.84

Cash price

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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.

$1,531.40

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.

$59.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,742.94 with Mark Cuban — 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 $59.52 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $63.69 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna Local Plus $85.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO/PPO $100.00 ↓ -89%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $505.36 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $557.12 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial HMO $561.00 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $655.44 ↓ -29%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $675.79 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $679.48 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $679.48 ↓ -26%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $690.02 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare $711.36 ↓ -23%
TriWest Community Care Network $711.36 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $746.93 ↓ -19%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $746.93 ↓ -19%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $746.93 ↓ -19%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $750.23 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $754.98 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $796.72 ↓ -13%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $842.27 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $842.27 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $842.27 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $853.63 ↓ -7%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $888.21 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $888.21 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $892.76 ↓ -3%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $897.02 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $918.84 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $995.41 ↑ +8%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $1,063.48 ↑ +16%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $1,063.48 ↑ +16%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,071.98 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $1,071.98 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $1,071.98 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,148.55 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,148.55 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,173.74 ↑ +28%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,742.94 ↑ +90%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $211.68 $59.52 – $1,034.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $833.29 $59.52 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $918.84 $63.69 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $850.78 $59.52 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $833.29 $59.52 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $918.84 $63.69 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $918.84 $59.52 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $850.78 $59.52 – $1,742.94

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