IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

$506.74

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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.

$844.57

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.

$101.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $633.43 with Private Health Care System — 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 $101.35 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $108.44 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $202.99 ↓ -60%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $207.26 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare $213.67 ↓ -58%
TriWest Community Care Network $213.67 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $219.86 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $222.77 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $224.35 ↓ -56%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $224.35 ↓ -56%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $224.35 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $239.31 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $254.80 ↓ -50%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $256.40 ↓ -49%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $268.16 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $268.63 ↓ -47%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $269.44 ↓ -47%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $278.71 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $307.25 ↓ -39%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $319.44 ↓ -37%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $319.44 ↓ -37%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $352.56 ↓ -30%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $361.48 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $374.74 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $374.74 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $413.75 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $416.37 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $423.97 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $464.51 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $464.51 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $464.51 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $489.85 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $489.85 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $498.30 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $506.74 ↑ +0%
Mark Cuban Commercial $530.97 ↑ +5%
Humana Commercial HMO $548.97 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $548.97 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $591.20 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $591.20 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $591.20 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $633.43 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $633.43 ↑ +25%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $144.00 $120.85 – $309.74
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,876.96 $280.28 – $280.28
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $541.27 $153.36 – $676.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $506.74 $104.30 – $760.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $590.25 $118.05 – $737.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $541.27 $144.34 – $676.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $506.74 $162.66 – $760.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $506.74 $261.82 – $760.11

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