Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$75.73

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.

$126.22

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.

$6.86 with Superior Health Plan vs $51.55 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 $6.86 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $7.34 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.76 ↓ -90%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $7.92 ↓ -90%
TriWest Community Care Network $8.17 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare $8.17 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.58 ↓ -89%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $8.58 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $8.58 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.15 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $9.80 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $10.25 ↓ -86%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $10.30 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.76 ↓ -84%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $12.21 ↓ -84%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $12.21 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $13.48 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $14.55 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $17.12 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $18.48 ↓ -76%
Mark Cuban Commercial $19.61 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Charter $24.85 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Nexus $24.85 ↓ -67%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $27.43 ↓ -64%
Cigna Local Plus $28.11 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial $30.80 ↓ -59%
MidCoast Commercial $30.80 ↓ -59%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $30.80 ↓ -59%
Imagine Health Commercial $32.48 ↓ -57%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $32.48 ↓ -57%
Cigna HMO/PPO $33.04 ↓ -56%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $33.60 ↓ -56%
Curative Commercial $36.40 ↓ -52%
Humana Commercial HMO $36.40 ↓ -52%
First Health PPO $39.20 ↓ -48%
Humana Commercial PPO $39.20 ↓ -48%
HealthSmart Accel Network $39.20 ↓ -48%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $42.00 ↓ -45%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $42.00 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $42.24 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $42.81 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $48.94 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $51.55 ↓ -32%

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $36.36 $6.86 – $36.03
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $88.62 $7.35 – $31.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $90.56 $6.86 – $42.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $75.73 $6.92 – $50.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $88.80 $6.86 – $42.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $90.56 $6.86 – $42.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $75.73 $7.34 – $50.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $75.73 $6.86 – $50.40

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