Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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

$112.13

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.

$186.88

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.

$12.05 with Superior Health Plan vs $102.94 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 $12.05 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $12.89 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -88%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $13.92 ↓ -88%
TriWest Community Care Network $14.35 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare $14.35 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $15.07 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $15.07 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.07 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.07 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $17.22 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $18.01 ↓ -84%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $18.10 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $20.66 ↓ -82%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $21.45 ↓ -81%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $21.45 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $23.68 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $25.47 ↓ -77%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $29.96 ↓ -73%
Mark Cuban Commercial $34.44 ↓ -69%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $45.29 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Nexus $60.90 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Charter $60.90 ↓ -46%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $67.24 ↓ -40%
Cigna Local Plus $68.90 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $74.19 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $75.19 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $75.49 ↓ -33%
MidCoast Commercial $75.49 ↓ -33%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $75.49 ↓ -33%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $79.61 ↓ -29%
Imagine Health Commercial $79.61 ↓ -29%
Cigna HMO/PPO $80.98 ↓ -28%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $82.35 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $85.96 ↓ -23%
Humana Commercial HMO $89.21 ↓ -20%
Curative Commercial $89.21 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $90.55 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Accel Network $96.08 ↓ -14%
Humana Commercial PPO $96.08 ↓ -14%
First Health PPO $96.08 ↓ -14%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $102.94 ↓ -8%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $102.94 ↓ -8%

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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $12.05 – $63.28
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $88.90 $10.00 – $111.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $112.13 $12.00 – $123.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $82.35 $12.00 – $102.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $88.90 $10.00 – $111.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $112.13 $12.00 – $123.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $112.13 $8.00 – $123.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $82.35 $12.00 – $123.53

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