Ghs plt ct-manual 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

$44.40

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.

$74.00

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.

$3.62 with Superior Health Plan vs $55.50 with HealthSmart — 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 $3.62 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $3.87 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.09 ↓ -91%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $4.18 ↓ -91%
TriWest Community Care Network $4.31 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $4.31 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $4.53 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $4.53 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.53 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.83 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $5.17 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $5.41 ↓ -88%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $5.43 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $6.20 ↓ -86%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $6.44 ↓ -85%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $6.44 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $7.11 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $7.28 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $8.56 ↓ -81%
Mark Cuban Commercial $10.34 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $22.28 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $22.58 ↓ -49%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $24.42 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $25.82 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $27.20 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Charter $32.83 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $32.83 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $36.25 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $37.15 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $40.70 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $40.70 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $40.70 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $42.92 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $42.92 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $43.66 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $44.40 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $48.10 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $48.10 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $51.80 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $51.80 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $51.80 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $55.50 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $55.50 ↑ +25%

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Ghs plt ct-manual at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $3.62 – $19.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $64.46 $3.62 – $80.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $44.40 $6.32 – $66.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $44.40 $3.62 – $55.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $64.46 $3.62 – $80.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $44.40 $3.87 – $66.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $44.40 $3.62 – $66.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $44.40 $3.62 – $66.60

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