Histochemical stains add-on at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$182.42
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.
$304.03
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.
$35.81 with Superior Health Plan vs $443.47 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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| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $35.81 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $38.31 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $98.47 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $102.47 | ↓ -44% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $108.56 | ↓ -40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $127.72 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $132.40 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $132.40 | ↓ -27% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $146.19 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $149.80 | ↓ -18% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $164.12 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $164.12 | ↓ -10% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $164.12 | ↓ -10% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $173.07 | ↓ -5% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $173.07 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $176.06 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $179.04 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $193.96 | ↑ +6% |
| Curative | Commercial | $193.96 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $208.88 | ↑ +15% |
| First Health | PPO | $208.88 | ↑ +15% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $208.88 | ↑ +15% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $223.80 | ↑ +23% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $223.80 | ↑ +23% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $223.80 | ↑ +23% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $253.64 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $363.35 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $368.27 | ↑ +102% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $420.98 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $443.47 | ↑ +143% |
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Histochemical stains add-on at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Providence | Waco | not published | $91.81 – $309.93 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $190.85 | $35.00 – $253.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $182.42 | $36.00 – $268.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $179.04 | $30.64 – $363.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $190.85 | $35.00 – $255.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $182.42 | $36.00 – $443.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $182.42 | $26.00 – $268.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $179.04 | $36.00 – $363.35 |