Exome sequence analysis 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

$587.08

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.

$978.46

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.

$117.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $75,720.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $117.42 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $125.63 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $322.89 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus $434.14 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $434.14 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $479.35 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $491.19 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $538.15 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $538.15 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $538.15 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $567.51 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $567.51 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $577.29 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $587.08 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $636.00 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $636.00 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $684.92 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $684.92 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $684.92 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $733.85 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $733.85 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11,400.00 ↑ +1842%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $11,640.00 ↑ +1883%
TriWest Community Care Network $12,000.00 ↑ +1944%
Humana Medicare $12,000.00 ↑ +1944%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $12,600.00 ↑ +2046%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $12,600.00 ↑ +2046%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,600.00 ↑ +2046%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13,440.00 ↑ +2189%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $14,400.00 ↑ +2353%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $15,060.00 ↑ +2465%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $15,132.00 ↑ +2478%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $17,280.00 ↑ +2843%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $17,940.00 ↑ +2956%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $17,940.00 ↑ +2956%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $19,800.00 ↑ +3273%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $21,828.00 ↑ +3618%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $25,680.00 ↑ +4274%
Mark Cuban Commercial $28,800.00 ↑ +4806%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $62,040.00 ↑ +10468%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $62,880.00 ↑ +10611%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $71,880.00 ↑ +12144%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $75,720.00 ↑ +12798%

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Exome sequence analysis at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $587.08 $12.00 – $28,800.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $587.08 $12.00 – $28,800.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $587.08 $12.00 – $28,800.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $587.08 $8.00 – $28,800.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $587.08 $12.00 – $28,800.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $587.08 $12.00 – $28,800.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $587.08 $12.00 – $62,040.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $587.08 $12.00 – $28,800.00

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