Repair paravag defect lap 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

$3,804.13

Cash price

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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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$6,340.22

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.

$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $25,500.18 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $760.83 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $814.08 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $2,092.27 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $2,306.57 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,713.61 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,813.16 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $2,813.16 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $3,106.07 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $3,125.73 ↓ -18%
MidCoast Commercial $3,487.12 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $3,487.12 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $3,487.12 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $3,677.33 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $3,677.33 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $3,804.13 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $4,121.14 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $4,438.15 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $4,438.15 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $4,438.15 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $4,755.16 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $4,755.16 ↑ +25%
Cigna Local Plus $8,649.00 ↑ +127%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10,144.36 ↑ +167%
Cigna HMO/PPO $10,175.00 ↑ +167%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $10,357.92 ↑ +172%
TriWest Community Care Network $10,678.27 ↑ +181%
Humana Medicare $10,678.27 ↑ +181%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $11,212.18 ↑ +195%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $11,212.18 ↑ +195%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11,212.18 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11,959.66 ↑ +214%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $12,813.92 ↑ +237%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $13,401.23 ↑ +252%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $13,465.30 ↑ +254%
Humana Commercial HMO $15,811.00 ↑ +316%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $15,964.01 ↑ +320%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $15,964.01 ↑ +320%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $17,619.15 ↑ +363%
Mark Cuban Commercial $25,500.18 ↑ +570%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Repair paravag defect lap at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $6,730.74 – $15,900.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,804.13 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,975.19 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,804.13 $85.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,804.13 $1,965.47 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $7,975.19 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $3,804.13 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $7,975.19 $71.00 – $25,500.18

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