Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$1,998.19

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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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$3,330.31

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.

$297.04 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.

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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 $297.04 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $317.83 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $518.17 ↓ -74%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $529.08 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $545.44 ↓ -73%
TriWest Community Care Network $545.44 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $572.71 ↓ -71%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $572.71 ↓ -71%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $572.71 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $610.89 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $654.53 ↓ -67%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $684.53 ↓ -66%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $687.80 ↓ -66%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $815.43 ↓ -59%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $815.43 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $899.98 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $985.69 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $997.42 ↓ -50%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $1,099.00 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $1,141.17 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $1,199.84 ↓ -40%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,211.57 ↓ -39%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,338.97 ↓ -33%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $1,425.37 ↓ -29%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $1,631.52 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $1,671.82 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,831.67 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $1,831.67 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $1,831.67 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,931.58 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,931.58 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,964.88 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $1,998.19 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $2,164.70 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $2,164.70 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $2,331.22 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $2,331.22 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $2,331.22 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $2,497.73 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $2,497.73 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Charter $2,507.00 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,507.00 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,785.00 ↑ +39%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $1,268.73 $309.40 – $791.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,381.40 $297.04 – $2,976.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,998.19 $411.29 – $2,997.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,041.20 $297.04 – $2,551.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,381.40 $297.04 – $2,976.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,998.19 $317.83 – $2,997.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,998.19 $297.04 – $2,997.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,041.20 $297.04 – $3,061.80

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