Cytogenetics 3-5 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

$127.64

Cash price

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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.

$212.73

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.

$34.19 with Superior Health Plan vs $256.82 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 $34.19 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $36.58 ↓ -71%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.66 ↓ -70%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $39.48 ↓ -69%
TriWest Community Care Network $40.70 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare $40.70 ↓ -68%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.73 ↓ -67%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $42.73 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $42.73 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $45.58 ↓ -64%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $48.84 ↓ -62%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $51.08 ↓ -60%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $51.32 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $58.61 ↓ -54%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $60.85 ↓ -52%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $60.85 ↓ -52%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $67.16 ↓ -47%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $70.20 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $74.58 ↓ -42%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $87.74 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Nexus $94.39 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $94.39 ↓ -26%
Mark Cuban Commercial $97.68 ↓ -23%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $104.22 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $106.79 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $117.00 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $117.00 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $117.00 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $123.38 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $123.38 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $125.51 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $127.64 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $138.27 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $138.27 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $148.91 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $148.91 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $148.91 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $159.55 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $159.55 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $210.42 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $213.27 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $243.79 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $256.82 ↑ +101%

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Cytogenetics 3-5 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $34.19 – $179.49
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $170.27 $34.19 – $212.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $127.64 $26.27 – $191.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $123.92 $34.19 – $154.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $170.27 $34.19 – $212.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $127.64 $36.00 – $191.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $127.64 $26.00 – $191.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $123.92 $34.19 – $185.88

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