Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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

$625.78

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.

$1,042.97

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.

$110.15 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 $110.15 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $117.86 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $238.44 ↓ -62%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $243.46 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $250.99 ↓ -60%
TriWest Community Care Network $250.99 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $263.54 ↓ -58%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $263.54 ↓ -58%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $263.54 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $281.11 ↓ -55%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $301.19 ↓ -52%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $314.99 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $316.50 ↓ -49%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $344.18 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $368.79 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $373.49 ↓ -40%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $375.23 ↓ -40%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $375.23 ↓ -40%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $379.43 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $414.13 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $427.52 ↓ -32%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $446.39 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $451.01 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Nexus $462.77 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $462.77 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $510.95 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $514.18 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $523.57 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $573.63 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $573.63 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $573.63 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $604.92 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $604.92 ↓ -3%
Mark Cuban Commercial $612.25 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO/PPO $615.35 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $625.78 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $677.93 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $730.08 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $730.08 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $730.08 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $782.23 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $782.23 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $7,441.00 ↑ +1089%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $346.05 $110.15 – $443.96
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $559.69 $293.63 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $825.14 $110.15 – $1,031.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $625.78 $117.86 – $938.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $891.29 $110.15 – $1,114.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $825.14 $110.15 – $1,031.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $625.78 $117.86 – $938.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $625.78 $110.15 – $938.67

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