Cryopreservation sperm 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

$425.00

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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.

$708.33

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.

$85.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $905.49 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $85.00 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $90.95 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $162.59 ↓ -62%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $166.02 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $171.15 ↓ -60%
TriWest Community Care Network $171.15 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $179.71 ↓ -58%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $179.71 ↓ -58%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $179.71 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $191.69 ↓ -55%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $205.38 ↓ -52%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $214.79 ↓ -49%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $215.82 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $226.44 ↓ -47%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $233.75 ↓ -45%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $255.87 ↓ -40%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $255.87 ↓ -40%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $257.69 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $282.40 ↓ -34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $303.17 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Charter $314.29 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $314.29 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $347.01 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $355.58 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $389.58 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $389.58 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $389.58 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $410.83 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $410.83 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $417.91 ↓ -2%
Mark Cuban Commercial $423.12 ↓ -0%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $425.00 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $460.41 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $460.41 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $495.83 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $495.83 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $495.83 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $531.25 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $531.25 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $741.89 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $751.94 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $859.57 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $905.49 ↑ +113%

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Cryopreservation sperm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $167.95 – $632.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $425.00 $12.00 – $637.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $127.01 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $425.00 $12.00 – $637.50
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $127.01 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $425.00 $12.00 – $637.50
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