Create tear duct drain 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

$4,788.20

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.

$7,980.34

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.

$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $9,578.04 with Mark Cuban — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $1,103.42 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,180.66 ↓ -75%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $2,633.51 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $2,903.25 ↓ -39%
HealthSmart Accel Network $3,410.00 ↓ -29%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $3,415.59 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,540.88 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $3,540.88 ↓ -26%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,751.84 ↓ -22%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $3,830.83 ↓ -20%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $3,909.57 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $3,934.31 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare $3,949.31 ↓ -18%
TriWest Community Care Network $3,949.31 ↓ -18%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4,146.78 ↓ -13%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $4,146.78 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $4,146.78 ↓ -13%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $4,389.19 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $4,389.19 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $4,389.19 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4,423.23 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $4,628.60 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $4,628.60 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $4,739.17 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $4,788.20 ↑ +0%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $4,956.38 ↑ +4%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $4,980.08 ↑ +4%
Cigna Local Plus $5,132.00 ↑ +7%
Curative Commercial $5,187.22 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $5,586.24 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $5,586.24 ↑ +17%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $5,904.22 ↑ +23%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $5,904.22 ↑ +23%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $5,985.26 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $5,985.26 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $6,038.00 ↑ +26%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $6,516.36 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial HMO $7,441.00 ↑ +55%
Mark Cuban Commercial $9,578.04 ↑ +100%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Ascension Providence Waco not published $1,061.55 – $5,910.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,788.20 $71.00 – $9,578.04
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,788.20 $85.00 – $9,578.04
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,788.20 $71.00 – $9,578.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $4,788.20 $71.00 – $9,578.04
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