Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c 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

$351.14

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$585.24

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.

$35.99 with Superior Health Plan vs $270.32 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 $35.99 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $38.51 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $40.70 ↓ -88%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $41.55 ↓ -88%
TriWest Community Care Network $42.84 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare $42.84 ↓ -88%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $47.98 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $51.41 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $53.76 ↓ -85%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $54.02 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $61.69 ↓ -82%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $64.05 ↓ -82%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $64.05 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $66.00 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $70.69 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $78.22 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Nexus $88.74 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Charter $88.74 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $92.02 ↓ -74%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $97.98 ↓ -72%
Cigna Local Plus $100.40 ↓ -71%
Mark Cuban Commercial $102.82 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial $110.00 ↓ -69%
MidCoast Commercial $110.00 ↓ -69%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $110.00 ↓ -69%
Imagine Health Commercial $116.00 ↓ -67%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $116.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna HMO/PPO $118.00 ↓ -66%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $120.00 ↓ -66%
Curative Commercial $130.00 ↓ -63%
Humana Commercial HMO $130.00 ↓ -63%
First Health PPO $140.00 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial PPO $140.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Accel Network $140.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $150.00 ↓ -57%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $150.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $221.48 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $224.48 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $256.61 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $270.32 ↓ -23%

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Ascension Providence Waco $207.99 $29.48 – $188.92
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $381.92 $10.00 – $150.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $351.14 $12.00 – $180.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $325.45 $12.00 – $150.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $381.92 $10.00 – $150.00
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