Nsl/sins ndsc surg frnt&sphn 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

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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.

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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.

$1,630.12 with Superior Health Plan vs $16,955.09 with Mark Cuban — 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 $1,630.12
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,744.23
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $2,976.55
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $3,014.47
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $3,450.52
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $3,640.11
United Healthcare Nexus $5,504.00
United Healthcare Charter $5,504.00
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $6,115.00
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,735.14
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $6,876.93
Humana Medicare $7,089.62
TriWest Community Care Network $7,089.62
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $7,444.10
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $7,444.10
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7,444.10
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7,940.37
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $8,507.54
Cigna Local Plus $8,649.00
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $8,897.47
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $8,940.01
Cigna HMO/PPO $10,175.00
Sedgwick Preferred Network $10,598.98
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $10,598.98
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $11,697.87
Humana Commercial HMO $15,811.00
Mark Cuban Commercial $16,955.09
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital
Imagine Health Commercial not published by hospital
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial not published by hospital

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Nsl/sins ndsc surg frnt&sphn at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $1,516.77 – $3,583.23
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $2,369.86 – $8,715.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas not published $1,630.12 – $16,955.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco not published $1,630.12 – $16,955.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station not published $1,744.23 – $16,955.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park not published $1,630.12 – $16,955.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine not published $1,630.12 – $16,955.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney not published $1,630.12 – $16,955.09

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