Exc forearm les sc 3 cm/> 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

$4,610.43

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.

$7,684.05

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.

$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $10,175.00 with Cigna — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $486.45 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $520.50 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,576.16 ↓ -66%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $1,609.35 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare $1,659.12 ↓ -64%
TriWest Community Care Network $1,659.12 ↓ -64%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -62%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,858.21 ↓ -60%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $1,990.94 ↓ -57%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $2,082.20 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $2,092.15 ↓ -55%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $2,480.38 ↓ -46%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $2,480.38 ↓ -46%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $2,535.74 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $2,737.55 ↓ -41%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $2,795.46 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $3,288.77 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Charter $3,409.41 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,409.41 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $3,764.42 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $3,788.24 ↓ -18%
Mark Cuban Commercial $4,016.35 ↓ -13%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $4,226.23 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $4,226.23 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $4,226.23 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $4,456.75 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $4,456.75 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $4,610.43 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $4,994.63 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $5,378.84 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $5,378.84 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $5,378.84 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $5,763.04 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $5,763.04 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $7,982.00 ↑ +73%
Cigna Local Plus $8,649.00 ↑ +88%
Cigna HMO/PPO $10,175.00 ↑ +121%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Exc forearm les sc 3 cm/> at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $486.45 – $2,594.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,610.43 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,115.09 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,610.43 $85.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,610.43 $486.45 – $6,915.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,115.09 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $4,610.43 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $4,115.09 $71.00 – $8,649.00

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