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Insert pessary/other device 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

$294.09

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.

$490.15

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.

$33.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $493.64 with Mark Cuban — 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 $33.50 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $35.84 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna Local Plus $85.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO/PPO $100.00 ↓ -66%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $161.75 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $178.32 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $192.94 ↓ -34%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $197.00 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare $203.09 ↓ -31%
TriWest Community Care Network $203.09 ↓ -31%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $209.78 ↓ -29%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $213.24 ↓ -27%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $213.24 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $213.24 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Nexus $217.48 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $217.48 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $227.46 ↓ -23%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $240.12 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $241.64 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $243.71 ↓ -17%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $254.88 ↓ -13%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $256.10 ↓ -13%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $269.58 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $269.58 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $269.58 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $284.29 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $284.29 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $294.09 ↑ +0%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $303.62 ↑ +3%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $303.62 ↑ +3%
Curative Commercial $318.60 ↑ +8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $335.10 ↑ +14%
Humana Commercial PPO $343.11 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $343.11 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $343.11 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $367.61 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $367.61 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $442.00 ↑ +50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $493.64 ↑ +68%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $220.25 $33.50 – $493.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $294.09 $35.84 – $493.64
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $281.23 $33.50 – $493.64
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