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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$398.56

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$664.26

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.

$39.09 with Superior Health Plan vs $498.19 with Private Health Care System — 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 $39.09 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $41.83 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $99.77 ↓ -75%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $101.87 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $102.92 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $104.14 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $105.02 ↓ -74%
TriWest Community Care Network $105.02 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -72%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -72%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $117.62 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $119.15 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $125.28 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $126.02 ↓ -68%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $131.80 ↓ -67%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $132.43 ↓ -67%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $157.00 ↓ -61%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $157.00 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $173.28 ↓ -57%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $219.21 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $241.66 ↓ -39%
Mark Cuban Commercial $272.35 ↓ -32%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $284.30 ↓ -29%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $325.42 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $333.46 ↓ -16%
Imagine Health Commercial $365.34 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $365.34 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $365.34 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $365.34 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $385.27 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $391.91 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $398.56 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Charter $409.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Nexus $409.00 ↑ +3%
Curative Commercial $431.77 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $431.77 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $454.00 ↑ +14%
Humana Commercial PPO $464.98 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $464.98 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $464.98 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $498.19 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $498.19 ↑ +25%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $398.56 $82.04 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.36 $39.09 – $462.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $398.56 $41.83 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $398.56 $39.09 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49

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