C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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

$79.72

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.

$132.87

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.

$10.88 with Superior Health Plan vs $99.65 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 $10.88 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $11.64 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.30 ↓ -85%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $12.56 ↓ -84%
TriWest Community Care Network $12.95 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare $12.95 ↓ -84%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $13.60 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $13.60 ↓ -83%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.60 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.50 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $15.54 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $16.25 ↓ -80%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $16.33 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $18.65 ↓ -77%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $19.36 ↓ -76%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $19.36 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $21.37 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $23.65 ↓ -70%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $27.82 ↓ -65%
Mark Cuban Commercial $31.08 ↓ -61%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $43.85 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus $58.95 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $58.95 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $65.09 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $66.70 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $66.95 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $67.86 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $73.08 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $73.08 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $73.08 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $77.06 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $77.06 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $77.57 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $78.39 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $79.72 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $81.71 ↑ +2%
Humana Commercial HMO $86.37 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $86.37 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $93.01 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $93.01 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $93.01 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $99.65 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $99.65 ↑ +25%

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Ascension Providence Waco $95.04 $4.85 – $57.11
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $385.82 $11.66 – $49.86
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $105.53 $10.00 – $131.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $79.72 $12.00 – $119.58
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $105.53 $10.00 – $131.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $79.72 $11.64 – $119.58
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