Lig&div&compl strpg saph vn 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

$6,410.83

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.

$10,684.71

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.

$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $8,013.53 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
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%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $1,118.22 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,196.50 ↓ -81%
HealthSmart Accel Network $2,763.00 ↓ -57%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,013.28 ↓ -53%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $3,076.71 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $3,171.87 ↓ -51%
TriWest Community Care Network $3,171.87 ↓ -51%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↓ -48%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↓ -48%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $3,525.95 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,552.49 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $3,806.24 ↓ -41%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $3,887.10 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $3,980.70 ↓ -38%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $3,999.73 ↓ -38%
Cigna Local Plus $4,463.00 ↓ -30%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $4,573.06 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,740.81 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $4,740.81 ↓ -26%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $4,741.95 ↓ -26%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $4,741.95 ↓ -26%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $5,233.59 ↓ -18%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $5,234.44 ↓ -18%
Cigna HMO/PPO $5,250.00 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $5,267.56 ↓ -18%
MidCoast Commercial $5,876.59 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $5,876.59 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $5,876.59 ↓ -8%
Humana Commercial HMO $6,022.00 ↓ -6%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $6,197.13 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $6,197.13 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $6,410.83 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $6,945.06 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $7,479.30 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $7,479.30 ↑ +17%
Mark Cuban Commercial $7,896.23 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $8,013.53 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $8,013.53 ↑ +25%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Lig&div&compl strpg saph vn at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $859.35 – $5,237.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,410.83 $71.00 – $9,616.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,410.83 $71.00 – $8,013.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $6,410.83 $85.00 – $9,616.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $6,410.83 $1,118.22 – $9,616.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $6,410.83 $71.00 – $9,616.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $6,410.83 $71.00 – $9,616.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $6,410.83 $71.00 – $9,616.24

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