Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$111.78

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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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$186.30

Gross charge

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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.

$43.10 with Superior Health Plan vs $323.77 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 $43.10 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $46.12 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $48.74 ↓ -56%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $49.77 ↓ -55%
TriWest Community Care Network $51.31 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare $51.31 ↓ -54%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -52%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $57.47 ↓ -49%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $61.48 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $61.57 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $64.39 ↓ -42%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $64.70 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $73.88 ↓ -34%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $76.71 ↓ -31%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $76.71 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Charter $82.66 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $82.66 ↓ -26%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $84.66 ↓ -24%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $91.27 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $92.77 ↓ -17%
Cigna Local Plus $93.52 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $102.47 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $102.47 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $102.47 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $108.05 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $108.05 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $109.14 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO/PPO $109.92 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $111.78 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $121.09 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $121.09 ↑ +8%
Mark Cuban Commercial $123.14 ↑ +10%
First Health PPO $130.41 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $130.41 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $130.41 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $139.72 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $139.72 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $265.27 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $268.86 ↑ +141%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $307.35 ↑ +175%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $323.77 ↑ +190%

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Ascension Providence Waco $72.63 $51.31 – $226.28
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $900.00 $10.00 – $129.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $111.78 $12.00 – $167.67
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $900.00 $10.00 – $129.38
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