Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$576.16

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.

$960.27

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.

$115.23 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,441.00 with Humana — 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 $115.23 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $123.30 ↓ -79%
Mark Cuban Commercial $157.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna Local Plus $170.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO/PPO $200.00 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $211.16 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $213.96 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $244.72 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $258.00 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Nexus $302.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Charter $302.00 ↓ -48%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $316.89 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $336.00 ↓ -42%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $349.35 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $411.00 ↓ -29%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $470.44 ↓ -18%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $528.15 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $528.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $528.15 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $556.96 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $556.96 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $576.16 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $624.18 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $672.19 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $672.19 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $672.19 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $720.20 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $720.20 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $720.20 ↑ +25%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $816.23 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial HMO $7,441.00 ↑ +1191%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $116.06 – $277.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $504.10 $100.82 – $630.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $576.16 $155.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $504.10 $112.00 – $756.14

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