Gonioscopy 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

$152.50

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.

$254.17

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.

$30.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $316.45 with Mark Cuban — 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 $30.50 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $32.64 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -47%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $83.88 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -44%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $92.47 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $108.78 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $112.78 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $112.78 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $124.52 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $125.31 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $126.97 ↓ -17%
Cigna Local Plus $127.59 ↓ -16%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $129.64 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare $133.65 ↓ -12%
TriWest Community Care Network $133.65 ↓ -12%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $139.79 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $139.79 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $139.79 ↓ -8%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $140.33 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $140.33 ↓ -8%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $140.33 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $147.42 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $147.42 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $149.69 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO/PPO $149.96 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $152.50 ↑ +0%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $160.38 ↑ +5%
Curative Commercial $165.21 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $165.21 ↑ +8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $167.73 ↑ +10%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $168.53 ↑ +11%
Humana Commercial PPO $177.92 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $177.92 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $177.92 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $190.63 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $190.63 ↑ +25%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $199.81 ↑ +31%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $199.81 ↑ +31%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $220.52 ↑ +45%
Mark Cuban Commercial $316.45 ↑ +108%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Gonioscopy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $126.33 – $269.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $152.50 $31.39 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $152.50 $30.50 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $152.50 $48.95 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $152.50 $78.79 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $152.50 $50.83 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $152.50 $38.13 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $152.50 $27.96 – $316.45

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