Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$177.44

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.

$295.74

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.

$0.12 with Mark Cuban vs $44.37 with CORVEL — 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
Mark Cuban Commercial $0.12 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $6.26 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $6.70 ↓ -96%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $17.23 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.16 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Charter $23.16 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $23.49 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $24.01 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $24.01 ↓ -86%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $25.57 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $25.73 ↓ -85%
Cigna Local Plus $26.20 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $27.67 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $27.67 ↓ -84%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $28.71 ↓ -84%
MidCoast Commercial $28.71 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $28.71 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $29.23 ↓ -84%
Imagine Health Commercial $30.28 ↓ -83%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $30.28 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO/PPO $30.80 ↓ -83%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $31.32 ↓ -82%
Humana Commercial HMO $33.93 ↓ -81%
Curative Commercial $33.93 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial PPO $36.54 ↓ -79%
First Health PPO $36.54 ↓ -79%
HealthSmart Accel Network $36.54 ↓ -79%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $39.15 ↓ -78%
TriWest Community Care Network $39.15 ↓ -78%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $39.15 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $44.37 ↓ -75%

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