Iron 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

$70.72

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.

$117.87

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.

$5.43 with Superior Health Plan vs $88.40 with HealthSmart — 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 $5.43 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $5.81 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.15 ↓ -91%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $6.28 ↓ -91%
TriWest Community Care Network $6.47 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare $6.47 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $6.79 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $6.79 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.79 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.25 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $7.76 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $8.12 ↓ -89%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $8.16 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $9.31 ↓ -87%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $9.67 ↓ -86%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $9.67 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $10.68 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $10.91 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $12.84 ↓ -82%
Mark Cuban Commercial $15.53 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $33.45 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $33.90 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $38.76 ↓ -45%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $38.90 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $40.83 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Charter $52.30 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $52.30 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $57.74 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $59.17 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $64.83 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $64.83 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $64.83 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $68.36 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $68.36 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $69.54 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $70.72 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $76.62 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $76.62 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $82.51 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $82.51 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $82.51 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $88.40 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $88.40 ↑ +25%

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