Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step shiga-like 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

$55.31

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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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$92.18

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 $75.59 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.

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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 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $10.76 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.38 ↓ -79%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $11.62 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $11.98 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $11.98 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.42 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $14.38 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $15.03 ↓ -73%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $15.11 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $17.26 ↓ -69%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $17.91 ↓ -68%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $17.91 ↓ -68%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $19.77 ↓ -64%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $21.83 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $25.68 ↓ -54%
Mark Cuban Commercial $28.75 ↓ -48%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $30.42 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Charter $40.90 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $40.90 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $45.16 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $46.27 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $50.70 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $50.70 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $50.70 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $53.46 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $53.46 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $54.39 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $55.31 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $59.92 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $59.92 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $61.94 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $62.78 ↑ +14%
HealthSmart Accel Network $64.53 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $64.53 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $64.53 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $69.14 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $69.14 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $71.76 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $75.59 ↑ +37%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step shiga-like toxin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $31.23 $10.06 – $52.83
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $328.35 $10.78 – $46.12
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $68.11 $10.00 – $85.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $55.31 $11.38 – $82.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $55.31 $10.06 – $69.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $68.11 $10.00 – $85.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $55.31 $10.76 – $82.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $55.31 $8.00 – $82.96

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