Path clin consltj sf 5-20 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

$70.57

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.

$117.62

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.

$14.11 with Superior Health Plan vs $320.23 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $14.11 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $15.10 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $38.81 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $42.79 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $49.73 ↓ -30%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $50.34 ↓ -29%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $50.78 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Nexus $52.19 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $52.19 ↓ -26%
TriWest Community Care Network $52.35 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare $52.35 ↓ -26%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $54.97 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $54.97 ↓ -22%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $54.97 ↓ -22%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $57.62 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $58.63 ↓ -17%
Cigna Local Plus $59.05 ↓ -16%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $62.82 ↓ -11%
MidCoast Commercial $64.69 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $64.69 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $64.69 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $65.70 ↓ -7%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $66.01 ↓ -6%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $68.22 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $68.22 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $69.40 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $70.57 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $72.20 ↑ +2%
Curative Commercial $76.45 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $76.45 ↑ +8%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $78.26 ↑ +11%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $78.26 ↑ +11%
First Health PPO $82.33 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $82.33 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $82.33 ↑ +17%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $86.38 ↑ +22%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $88.22 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $88.22 ↑ +25%
Mark Cuban Commercial $134.24 ↑ +90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $262.38 ↑ +272%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $265.93 ↑ +277%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $303.99 ↑ +331%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $320.23 ↑ +354%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Ascension Providence Waco not published $52.37 – $223.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $59.27 $10.00 – $134.24
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $70.57 $12.00 – $134.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $70.57 $8.00 – $134.24
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