Blood smear interpretation at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$248.70
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.
$414.50
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.
$15.48 with Superior Health Plan vs $159.20 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.
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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| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $15.48 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $16.56 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $34.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $42.57 | ↓ -83% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $46.93 | ↓ -81% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $55.21 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $57.24 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $57.24 | ↓ -77% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $63.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $64.76 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $70.95 | ↓ -71% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $70.95 | ↓ -71% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $70.95 | ↓ -71% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $74.82 | ↓ -70% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $74.82 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $76.11 | ↓ -69% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $77.40 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $83.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative | Commercial | $83.85 | ↓ -66% |
| First Health | PPO | $90.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $90.30 | ↓ -64% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $90.30 | ↓ -64% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $96.75 | ↓ -61% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $96.75 | ↓ -61% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $96.75 | ↓ -61% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $109.65 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $130.44 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $132.21 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $151.13 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $159.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood smear interpretation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $39.96 | $47.18 – $111.26 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $69.08 | $97.14 – $97.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $248.70 | $10.00 – $89.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $248.70 | $12.00 – $116.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $248.70 | $12.00 – $130.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $248.70 | $10.00 – $91.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $248.70 | $12.00 – $159.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $248.70 | $8.00 – $116.10 |