Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$124.18

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.

$206.97

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.

$12.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $155.23 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 $12.27 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $13.13 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.88 ↓ -89%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $14.17 ↓ -89%
TriWest Community Care Network $14.61 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare $14.61 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $15.34 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $15.34 ↓ -88%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.34 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.36 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $17.53 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $18.34 ↓ -85%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $18.42 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $21.04 ↓ -83%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $21.84 ↓ -82%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $21.84 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $24.11 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $27.29 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $32.10 ↓ -74%
Mark Cuban Commercial $35.06 ↓ -72%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $68.30 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.53 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $76.56 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $87.51 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Nexus $91.83 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $91.83 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $92.19 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $101.39 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $103.90 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $113.83 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $113.83 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $113.83 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $120.04 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $120.04 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $122.11 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $124.18 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $134.53 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $134.53 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $144.88 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $144.88 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $144.88 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $155.23 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $155.23 ↑ +25%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $8.67 – $64.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $103.70 $10.00 – $129.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $124.18 $12.00 – $186.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $120.56 $12.00 – $150.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $103.70 $10.00 – $129.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $124.18 $12.00 – $186.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $124.18 $8.00 – $186.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $120.56 $12.00 – $180.84

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