Reticulocyte automated 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

$59.71

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$99.51

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.

$3.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $74.63 with HealthSmart — 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 $3.35 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $3.58 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.79 ↓ -94%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $3.87 ↓ -94%
TriWest Community Care Network $3.99 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare $3.99 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $4.19 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.19 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $4.19 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.47 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $4.79 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $5.01 ↓ -92%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $5.03 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $5.75 ↓ -90%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $5.97 ↓ -90%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $5.97 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $6.58 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $7.28 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $8.56 ↓ -86%
Mark Cuban Commercial $9.58 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $20.63 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $20.91 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $23.90 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $25.18 ↓ -58%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $32.84 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus $44.15 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $44.15 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $48.75 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $49.95 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $54.73 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $54.73 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $54.73 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $57.72 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $57.72 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $58.71 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $59.71 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $64.68 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $64.68 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $69.66 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $69.66 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $69.66 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $74.63 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $74.63 ↑ +25%

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Reticulocyte automated at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $24.57 $2.54 – $17.60
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $137.85 $3.59 – $15.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $63.76 $3.35 – $79.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $59.71 $5.85 – $89.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $65.98 $3.35 – $82.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $63.76 $3.35 – $79.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $59.71 $3.58 – $89.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $59.71 $3.35 – $89.56

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