Removal tunnled intprtnl cath 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

$3,355.94

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.

$5,593.23

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.

$1,118.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,896.23 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 $1,118.22 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,196.50 ↓ -64%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,804.00 ↓ -46%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $1,845.77 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $2,205.97 ↓ -34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,595.26 ↓ -23%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $2,740.12 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $2,975.00 ↓ -11%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,013.28 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $3,076.28 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $3,076.28 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $3,076.28 ↓ -8%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $3,076.71 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare $3,171.87 ↓ -5%
TriWest Community Care Network $3,171.87 ↓ -5%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↓ -1%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $3,355.94 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO/PPO $3,500.00 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,552.49 ↑ +6%
Curative Commercial $3,635.60 ↑ +8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $3,806.24 ↑ +13%
Humana Commercial PPO $3,915.26 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $3,915.26 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial HMO $3,934.00 ↑ +17%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $3,980.70 ↑ +19%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $3,999.73 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $4,194.92 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $4,194.92 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $4,350.91 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $4,406.34 ↑ +31%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $4,741.95 ↑ +41%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $4,741.95 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $5,043.73 ↑ +50%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $5,233.59 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $5,320.86 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Charter $5,504.00 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,504.00 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $6,115.00 ↑ +82%
Mark Cuban Commercial $7,896.23 ↑ +135%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial not published by hospital
Imagine Health Commercial not published by hospital

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Removal tunnled intprtnl cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $1,856.52 $556.05 – $5,237.72
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,430.01 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,355.94 $690.76 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,601.70 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,430.01 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,355.94 $1,196.50 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,355.94 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,601.70 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23

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