Hemoglobin thermolabile at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$10.80
Cash price 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.
$18.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.94 with Texas Workforce Commission vs $56.79 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $5.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $7.56 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $7.99 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $7.99 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $8.09 | ↓ -25% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.55 | ↓ -21% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $8.73 | ↓ -19% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $8.82 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Medicare | $9.00 | ↓ -17% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $9.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $9.04 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $9.45 | ↓ -13% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9.45 | ↓ -13% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $9.45 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $9.90 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $9.90 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $9.90 | ↓ -8% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $10.08 | ↓ -7% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $10.44 | ↓ -3% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $10.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $10.62 | ↓ -2% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $10.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $10.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $11.29 | ↑ +5% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $11.35 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $11.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Curative | Commercial | $11.70 | ↑ +8% |
| First Health | PPO | $12.60 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $12.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $12.60 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $12.96 | ↑ +20% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $13.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $13.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $13.50 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $13.50 | ↑ +25% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $14.85 | ↑ +38% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $16.37 | ↑ +52% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $19.26 | ↑ +78% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $21.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $46.53 | ↑ +331% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $47.16 | ↑ +337% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $53.91 | ↑ +399% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $56.79 | ↑ +426% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Hemoglobin thermolabile at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Providence | Waco | not published | $7.56 – $39.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $10.80 | $2.22 – $21.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $10.80 | $7.56 – $21.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $10.80 | $8.09 – $21.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $10.80 | $7.56 – $21.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $10.80 | $7.56 – $21.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $10.80 | $6.30 – $21.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $10.80 | $7.56 – $46.53 |