Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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

$696.17

Cash price

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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.

$1,160.28

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 $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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna Local Plus $85.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO/PPO $100.00 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $139.23 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $148.98 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $227.71 ↓ -67%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $232.50 ↓ -67%
TriWest Community Care Network $239.69 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare $239.69 ↓ -66%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -64%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $268.45 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $287.63 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $300.81 ↓ -57%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $302.25 ↓ -57%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $358.34 ↓ -49%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $358.34 ↓ -49%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $382.89 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $395.49 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Nexus $409.00 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Charter $409.00 ↓ -41%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $422.11 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $454.00 ↓ -35%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $496.60 ↓ -29%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $568.42 ↓ -18%
Mark Cuban Commercial $607.02 ↓ -13%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $638.15 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $638.15 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $638.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $638.15 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $672.96 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $696.17 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $754.18 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $812.20 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $812.20 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $812.20 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $870.21 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $870.21 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $7,441.00 ↑ +969%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $189.81 $186.44 – $440.45
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,253.36 $291.30 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $627.02 $111.00 – $783.78
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $627.02 $167.21 – $783.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $696.17 $85.00 – $1,044.25
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