Drug of abuse screen urine 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

$312.74

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.

$521.24

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.

$10.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $390.93 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 $10.58 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $11.32 ↓ -96%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.97 ↓ -96%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $12.22 ↓ -96%
TriWest Community Care Network $12.60 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare $12.60 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $13.23 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $13.23 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.23 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.11 ↓ -95%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $15.12 ↓ -95%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $15.81 ↓ -95%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $15.89 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $18.14 ↓ -94%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $18.84 ↓ -94%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $18.84 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $20.79 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $23.65 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $27.82 ↓ -91%
Mark Cuban Commercial $30.24 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $65.14 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $66.02 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $75.47 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $79.51 ↓ -75%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $172.01 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Charter $231.27 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $231.27 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $255.36 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $261.66 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $286.68 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $286.68 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $286.68 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $302.32 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $302.32 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $307.53 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $312.74 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $338.81 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $338.81 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $364.87 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $364.87 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $364.87 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $390.93 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $390.93 ↑ +25%

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Ascension Providence Waco $23.31 $10.58 – $55.57
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