Ghs immun0electrophoresis 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

$137.31

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.

$228.85

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.

$25.13 with Superior Health Plan vs $188.80 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 $25.13 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $26.89 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $28.42 ↓ -79%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $29.02 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $29.92 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $29.92 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $31.42 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $31.42 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $31.42 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $33.51 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $35.90 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $37.55 ↓ -73%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $37.73 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $43.08 ↓ -69%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $44.73 ↓ -67%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $44.73 ↓ -67%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $49.37 ↓ -64%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $54.57 ↓ -60%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $64.20 ↓ -53%
Mark Cuban Commercial $71.81 ↓ -48%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $75.52 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus $101.54 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $101.54 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $112.11 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $114.88 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $125.87 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $125.87 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $125.87 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $132.73 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $132.73 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $135.02 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $137.31 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $148.75 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $148.75 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $154.69 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $156.78 ↑ +14%
HealthSmart Accel Network $160.19 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $160.19 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $160.19 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $171.64 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $171.64 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $179.22 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $188.80 ↑ +37%

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Ghs immun0electrophoresis at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $17.48 – $131.95
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $137.31 $10.00 – $171.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $137.31 $12.00 – $205.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $137.31 $12.00 – $171.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $137.31 $10.00 – $171.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $137.31 $12.00 – $205.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $137.31 $8.00 – $205.97
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