Insertion of heart electrode 33211 at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$8,358.70
Cash price 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.
$13,931.17
Gross charge 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.
$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $21,045.99 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $71.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $75.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $81.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $85.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $4,597.29 | ↓ -45% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $5,068.16 | ↓ -39% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $5,113.52 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $5,388.00 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $5,471.47 | ↓ -35% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $5,962.54 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $6,181.26 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $6,181.26 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $6,339.00 | ↓ -24% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $6,824.88 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $6,868.07 | ↓ -18% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $7,662.14 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $7,662.14 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $7,662.14 | ↓ -8% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $7,897.44 | ↓ -6% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $8,063.71 | ↓ -4% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $8,080.08 | ↓ -3% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $8,080.08 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare | $8,313.10 | ↓ -1% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $8,313.10 | ↓ -1% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $8,358.70 | ↑ +0% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $8,728.75 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $8,728.75 | ↑ +4% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8,728.75 | ↑ +4% |
| Curative | Commercial | $9,055.26 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $9,310.67 | ↑ +11% |
| First Health | PPO | $9,751.82 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $9,751.82 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $9,751.82 | ↑ +17% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $9,975.72 | ↑ +19% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $10,432.94 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $10,448.38 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $10,448.38 | ↑ +25% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $10,482.82 | ↑ +25% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $12,428.08 | ↑ +49% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $12,428.08 | ↑ +49% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $13,716.61 | ↑ +64% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $15,811.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $21,045.99 | ↑ +152% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion of heart electrode 33211 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Providence | Waco | $4,730.85 | $5,113.52 – $14,443.10 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $9,537.90 | $5,113.52 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $8,358.70 | $71.00 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $8,513.49 | $71.00 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $9,537.90 | $5,113.52 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $8,358.70 | $85.00 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $8,358.70 | $5,113.52 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $8,513.49 | $71.00 – $21,045.99 |