Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$809.98

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.

$1,349.96

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.

$262.86 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,689.00 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 $262.86 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $281.26 ↓ -65%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $445.49 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $532.42 ↓ -34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $626.38 ↓ -23%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $661.35 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $673.64 ↓ -17%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $687.83 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare $709.10 ↓ -12%
TriWest Community Care Network $709.10 ↓ -12%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $742.48 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $742.48 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $742.48 ↓ -8%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $744.55 ↓ -8%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $744.55 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $744.55 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $794.19 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $809.98 ↑ +0%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $850.92 ↑ +5%
Curative Commercial $877.47 ↑ +8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $889.92 ↑ +10%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $894.18 ↑ +10%
Humana Commercial PPO $944.97 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $944.97 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $944.97 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $981.33 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $993.83 ↑ +23%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,012.47 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,012.47 ↑ +25%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $1,060.10 ↑ +31%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $1,060.10 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $1,137.59 ↑ +40%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,170.02 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $1,200.10 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Charter $1,527.00 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,527.00 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $1,697.00 ↑ +110%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,713.14 ↑ +112%
Cigna Local Plus $2,975.00 ↑ +267%
Cigna HMO/PPO $3,500.00 ↑ +332%
Humana Commercial HMO $3,689.00 ↑ +355%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital
Imagine Health Commercial not published by hospital
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $579.60 $262.86 – $1,181.34
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,216.22 $262.86 – $3,693.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $809.98 $166.72 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $749.98 $262.86 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,216.22 $262.86 – $3,693.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $809.98 $281.26 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $809.98 $262.86 – $2,501.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $749.98 $262.86 – $2,975.00

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