Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step clostridium difficile toxin 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

$119.91

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.

$199.85

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.

$10.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $149.89 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 $10.06 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $10.76 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.38 ↓ -91%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $11.62 ↓ -90%
TriWest Community Care Network $11.98 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $11.98 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $14.38 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $15.03 ↓ -87%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $15.11 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $17.26 ↓ -86%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $17.91 ↓ -85%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $17.91 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $19.77 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $21.83 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $25.68 ↓ -79%
Mark Cuban Commercial $28.75 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $61.94 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $62.78 ↓ -48%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $65.95 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $71.76 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $75.59 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Charter $88.67 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $88.67 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $97.91 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $100.32 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $109.92 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $109.92 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $109.92 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $115.91 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $115.91 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $117.91 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $119.91 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $129.90 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $129.90 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $139.90 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $139.90 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $139.90 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $149.89 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $149.89 ↑ +25%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $32.67 $10.06 – $52.83
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $127.01 $10.00 – $158.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $119.91 $12.00 – $179.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $147.65 $10.06 – $184.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $127.01 $10.00 – $158.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $119.91 $10.76 – $179.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $119.91 $8.00 – $179.87

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