Event monitor 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

$366.60

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.

$611.00

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.

$35.62 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $917.00 with Aetna — 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $35.62 ↓ -90%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $36.37 ↓ -90%
TriWest Community Care Network $37.49 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $37.49 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $39.36 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $39.36 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $39.36 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $41.99 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $44.99 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $47.05 ↓ -87%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $47.27 ↓ -87%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $56.05 ↓ -85%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $56.05 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $61.86 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $73.32 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $78.45 ↓ -79%
Mark Cuban Commercial $93.42 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $109.47 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $110.92 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $126.88 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $133.76 ↓ -64%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $201.63 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $222.28 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $261.51 ↓ -29%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $299.33 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $306.72 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $336.05 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $336.05 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $354.38 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $354.38 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $360.49 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $366.60 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $397.15 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $397.15 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $427.70 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $427.70 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $427.70 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $458.25 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $458.25 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Charter $716.00 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Nexus $716.00 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $795.00 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial $917.00 ↑ +150%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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