Clearance of airways 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

$203.35

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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.

$338.91

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.

$40.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $561.00 with Humana — 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 $40.67 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $43.52 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -58%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $111.84 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $123.30 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $145.05 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Charter $150.37 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $150.37 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $166.03 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $167.08 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $170.13 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $186.40 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $186.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $186.40 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $196.57 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $196.57 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $199.96 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $203.35 ↑ +0%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $208.97 ↑ +3%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $213.37 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare $219.97 ↑ +8%
TriWest Community Care Network $219.97 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $220.29 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $230.97 ↑ +14%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $230.97 ↑ +14%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $230.97 ↑ +14%
First Health PPO $237.24 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $237.24 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $237.24 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $246.37 ↑ +21%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $254.18 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $254.18 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $263.96 ↑ +30%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $276.06 ↑ +36%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $277.38 ↑ +36%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $328.86 ↑ +62%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $328.86 ↑ +62%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $362.95 ↑ +78%
Mark Cuban Commercial $528.37 ↑ +160%
Humana Commercial HMO $561.00 ↑ +176%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Ascension Providence Waco not published $147.17 – $556.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $278.30 $78.85 – $528.37
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $203.35 $65.27 – $528.37
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