Chromo high res and frag x - sendout 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

$722.80

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.

$1,204.66

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.

$47.91 with Superior Health Plan vs $903.50 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 $47.91 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $51.26 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $54.19 ↓ -93%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $55.33 ↓ -92%
TriWest Community Care Network $57.04 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare $57.04 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $59.89 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $59.89 ↓ -92%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $59.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $63.88 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $68.45 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $71.59 ↓ -90%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $71.93 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $82.14 ↓ -89%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $85.27 ↓ -88%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $85.27 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $94.12 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $103.68 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $121.98 ↓ -83%
Mark Cuban Commercial $136.90 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $294.90 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $298.89 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $341.67 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $359.92 ↓ -50%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $397.54 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Charter $534.51 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $534.51 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $590.16 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $604.74 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $662.56 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $662.56 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $662.56 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $698.70 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $698.70 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $710.75 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $722.80 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $783.03 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $783.03 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $843.26 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $843.26 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $843.26 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $903.50 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $903.50 ↑ +25%

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Chromo high res and frag x - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $47.91 – $251.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $572.26 $10.00 – $715.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $722.80 $12.00 – $1,084.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $648.94 $12.00 – $811.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $572.26 $10.00 – $715.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $722.80 $12.00 – $1,084.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $722.80 $8.00 – $1,084.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $648.94 $12.00 – $973.41

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