Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 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

$168.26

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.

$280.43

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.

$33.65 with Superior Health Plan vs $495.95 with Mark Cuban — 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 $33.65 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $36.01 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Local Plus $85.00 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -49%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $92.54 ↓ -45%
Cigna HMO/PPO $100.00 ↓ -41%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $102.02 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $120.02 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $124.43 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $124.43 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $137.38 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $138.25 ↓ -18%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $154.24 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $154.24 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $154.24 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $162.65 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $162.65 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $168.26 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $182.28 ↑ +8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $191.47 ↑ +14%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $195.50 ↑ +16%
HealthSmart Accel Network $196.30 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $196.30 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $196.30 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare $201.55 ↑ +20%
TriWest Community Care Network $201.55 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $210.32 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $210.32 ↑ +25%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $211.63 ↑ +26%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $211.63 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $211.63 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $225.74 ↑ +34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $241.86 ↑ +44%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $252.95 ↑ +50%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $254.15 ↑ +51%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $301.32 ↑ +79%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $301.32 ↑ +79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $332.56 ↑ +98%
Humana Commercial HMO $442.00 ↑ +163%
Mark Cuban Commercial $495.95 ↑ +195%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $139.79 – $330.24
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $159.78 $45.27 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $168.26 $34.63 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $203.04 $40.61 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $159.78 $42.61 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $168.26 $54.01 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $168.26 $86.93 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $203.04 $67.68 – $495.95

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