Mr elastography at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$641.23
Cash price 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.
$1,068.72
Gross charge 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.
$207.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,785.00 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $207.16 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $221.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $227.71 | ↓ -64% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $232.50 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare | $239.69 | ↓ -63% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $239.69 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $251.67 | ↓ -61% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $251.67 | ↓ -61% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $251.67 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $268.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $287.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $300.81 | ↓ -53% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $302.25 | ↓ -53% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $352.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $358.34 | ↓ -44% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $358.34 | ↓ -44% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $395.49 | ↓ -38% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $523.57 | ↓ -18% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $587.80 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $587.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $607.02 | ↓ -5% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $641.23 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative | Commercial | $694.67 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $694.67 | ↑ +8% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $748.10 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $748.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $748.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $801.54 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $801.54 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $974.11 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $985.76 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $1,127.91 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $1,188.50 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,711.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $1,718.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $1,731.24 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $2,013.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $2,036.75 | ↑ +218% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $2,149.00 | ↑ +235% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,507.00 | ↑ +291% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $2,507.00 | ↑ +291% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,577.00 | ↑ +302% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $2,785.00 | ↑ +334% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Mr elastography at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Providence | Waco | $481.41 | $211.50 – $1,286.38 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,736.89 | $207.16 – $2,171.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $641.23 | $131.99 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $641.23 | $207.16 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,736.89 | $207.16 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $641.23 | $221.66 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $641.23 | $207.16 – $2,700.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $641.23 | $207.16 – $2,149.00 |