Block brachial plexus w/cath plmt w/img 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

$2,703.19

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.

$4,505.32

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.

$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $3,500.00 with Cigna — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $340.77 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $364.62 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $844.08 ↓ -69%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $861.85 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare $888.50 ↓ -67%
TriWest Community Care Network $888.50 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $932.92 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $932.92 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $932.92 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $995.12 ↓ -63%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $1,066.20 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $1,115.07 ↓ -59%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $1,120.40 ↓ -59%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $1,328.31 ↓ -51%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $1,328.31 ↓ -51%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,466.03 ↓ -46%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $1,486.76 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,639.04 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $1,928.28 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Charter $1,999.01 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,999.01 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $2,207.16 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,221.12 ↓ -18%
Mark Cuban Commercial $2,257.97 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $2,477.93 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $2,477.93 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $2,477.93 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $2,613.09 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $2,613.09 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $2,703.19 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $2,928.46 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $2,970.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna Local Plus $2,975.00 ↑ +10%
First Health PPO $3,153.72 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $3,153.72 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $3,153.72 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $3,378.99 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $3,378.99 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $3,500.00 ↑ +29%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Block brachial plexus w/cath plmt w/img at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $340.77 – $1,534.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,394.61 $340.77 – $2,257.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,703.19 $71.00 – $4,054.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,396.62 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,394.61 $340.77 – $2,257.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,703.19 $85.00 – $4,054.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,703.19 $340.77 – $4,054.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,396.62 $71.00 – $2,975.00

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