Procalcitonin 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

$168.69

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.

$281.15

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.

$22.86 with Superior Health Plan vs $210.86 with Private Health Care System — 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 $22.86 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $24.46 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $25.86 ↓ -85%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $26.40 ↓ -84%
TriWest Community Care Network $27.22 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare $27.22 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $28.58 ↓ -83%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $28.58 ↓ -83%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $28.58 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $30.49 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $32.66 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $34.16 ↓ -80%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $34.32 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $39.19 ↓ -77%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $40.69 ↓ -76%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $40.69 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $44.91 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $49.11 ↓ -71%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $57.78 ↓ -66%
Mark Cuban Commercial $65.33 ↓ -61%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $92.78 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus $124.75 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $124.75 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $137.74 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $140.73 ↓ -17%
Cigna Local Plus $141.14 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $142.63 ↓ -15%
MidCoast Commercial $154.63 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $154.63 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $154.63 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $163.05 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $163.07 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $163.07 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $165.88 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $168.69 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $171.76 ↑ +2%
Curative Commercial $182.75 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $182.75 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $196.81 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $196.81 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $196.81 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $210.86 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $210.86 ↑ +25%

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Procalcitonin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $100.89 $17.52 – $120.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $271.27 $24.50 – $104.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $194.93 $10.00 – $243.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $168.69 $12.00 – $253.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $223.17 $12.00 – $278.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $194.93 $10.00 – $243.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $168.69 $12.00 – $253.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $168.69 $8.00 – $253.03

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