Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$130.29

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.

$217.15

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.

$6.79 with Superior Health Plan vs $136.47 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 $6.79 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $7.27 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.68 ↓ -94%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $7.84 ↓ -94%
TriWest Community Care Network $8.08 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $8.08 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $8.48 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $8.48 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.48 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.05 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $9.70 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $10.14 ↓ -92%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $10.19 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.64 ↓ -91%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $12.08 ↓ -91%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $12.08 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $13.33 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $14.55 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $17.12 ↓ -87%
Mark Cuban Commercial $19.39 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $41.77 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $42.34 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $48.40 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $50.98 ↓ -61%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $60.05 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Charter $80.74 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Nexus $80.74 ↓ -38%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $89.14 ↓ -32%
Cigna Local Plus $91.34 ↓ -30%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $100.08 ↓ -23%
MidCoast Commercial $100.08 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $100.08 ↓ -23%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $105.54 ↓ -19%
Imagine Health Commercial $105.54 ↓ -19%
Cigna HMO/PPO $107.36 ↓ -18%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $109.18 ↓ -16%
Curative Commercial $118.27 ↓ -9%
Humana Commercial HMO $118.27 ↓ -9%
HealthSmart Accel Network $127.37 ↓ -2%
First Health PPO $127.37 ↓ -2%
Humana Commercial PPO $127.37 ↓ -2%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $136.47 ↑ +5%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $136.47 ↑ +5%

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Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $6.79 – $35.63
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $38.79 $7.27 – $31.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $136.81 $6.79 – $130.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $130.29 $11.84 – $163.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $130.29 $6.79 – $132.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $136.81 $6.79 – $130.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $130.29 $7.27 – $163.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $130.29 $6.79 – $163.76

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