Cryopreserve stem cells 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

$3,521.57

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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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$5,869.29

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.

$421.02 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $4,401.97 with Private Health Care System — 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $421.02 ↓ -88%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $429.88 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare $443.18 ↓ -87%
TriWest Community Care Network $443.18 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $465.34 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $465.34 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $465.34 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $496.36 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $531.82 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $556.19 ↓ -84%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $558.85 ↓ -84%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $662.55 ↓ -81%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $662.55 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $704.31 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $731.25 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $753.62 ↓ -79%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,075.39 ↓ -69%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $1,936.87 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $2,135.25 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial HMO $2,168.00 ↓ -38%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,512.06 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,604.20 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $2,604.20 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $2,699.87 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $2,699.87 ↓ -23%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $2,875.37 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,893.56 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $2,946.38 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $3,110.72 ↓ -12%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $3,228.11 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $3,228.11 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $3,228.11 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $3,286.80 ↓ -7%
Imagine Health Commercial $3,404.19 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $3,404.19 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $3,462.88 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $3,521.57 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $3,815.04 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $4,108.50 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $4,108.50 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $4,108.50 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $4,401.97 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $4,401.97 ↑ +25%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Cryopreserve stem cells at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $310.44 – $733.40
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,521.57 $35.00 – $4,401.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,521.57 $36.00 – $5,282.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,521.57 $36.00 – $4,401.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,521.57 $35.00 – $4,401.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,521.57 $36.00 – $5,282.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,521.57 $26.00 – $5,282.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,521.57 $36.00 – $5,282.36

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