Signal avg ecg w or without ecg 93278 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

$257.47

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.

$429.11

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.

$31.74 with Superior Health Plan vs $917.00 with Aetna — 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 $31.74 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $33.96 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.30 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $57.48 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $59.26 ↓ -77%
TriWest Community Care Network $59.26 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $62.22 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $62.22 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $62.22 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $66.37 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $71.11 ↓ -72%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $74.37 ↓ -71%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $74.73 ↓ -71%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $88.59 ↓ -66%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $88.59 ↓ -66%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $97.78 ↓ -62%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $141.61 ↓ -45%
Mark Cuban Commercial $151.53 ↓ -41%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $156.11 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $166.13 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $168.33 ↓ -35%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $183.66 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $192.53 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $202.99 ↓ -21%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $210.22 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $215.41 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $236.01 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $236.01 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $248.88 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $248.88 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $253.17 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $257.47 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Charter $266.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Nexus $266.00 ↑ +3%
Humana Commercial HMO $278.92 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $278.92 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $296.00 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $300.38 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $300.38 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $300.38 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $321.83 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $321.83 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial $917.00 ↑ +256%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $213.75 $28.74 – $135.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $373.12 $31.74 – $466.39
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $270.34 $31.74 – $917.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $257.47 $33.96 – $917.00
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