Cygnus, per sq cm at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$356.54
Cash price 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.
$594.24
Gross charge 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.
$35.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $222.26 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $35.56 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $38.05 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $97.80 | ↓ -73% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $118.76 | ↓ -67% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $121.26 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare | $125.01 | ↓ -65% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $125.01 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $131.26 | ↓ -63% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $131.26 | ↓ -63% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $131.26 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $131.49 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $131.49 | ↓ -63% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $133.36 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $136.32 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $136.32 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $140.01 | ↓ -61% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $145.18 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $146.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $148.77 | ↓ -58% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $150.01 | ↓ -58% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $156.89 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $157.07 | ↓ -56% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $157.07 | ↓ -56% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $157.64 | ↓ -56% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $162.99 | ↓ -54% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $162.99 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $162.99 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $165.96 | ↓ -53% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $171.88 | ↓ -52% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $171.88 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $174.85 | ↓ -51% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $177.81 | ↓ -50% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $186.89 | ↓ -48% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $186.89 | ↓ -48% |
| Curative | Commercial | $192.63 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $192.63 | ↓ -46% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $206.27 | ↓ -42% |
| First Health | PPO | $207.44 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $207.44 | ↓ -42% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $207.44 | ↓ -42% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $222.26 | ↓ -38% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $222.26 | ↓ -38% |
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Cygnus, per sq cm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $356.54 | $50.38 – $268.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $356.54 | $36.60 – $266.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $356.54 | $35.56 – $222.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $356.54 | $47.42 – $268.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $356.54 | $57.08 – $266.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $356.54 | $91.87 – $266.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $356.54 | $59.27 – $266.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $356.54 | $47.42 – $268.77 |