Tte w or without contr, cont ecg 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

$1,393.28

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.

$2,322.13

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.

$278.66 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,512.23 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $278.66 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $298.16 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $748.12 ↓ -46%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $763.87 ↓ -45%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $766.30 ↓ -45%
TriWest Community Care Network $787.49 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare $787.49 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $826.86 ↓ -41%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $826.86 ↓ -41%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $826.86 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Charter $827.00 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Nexus $827.00 ↓ -41%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $844.79 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $881.99 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $919.00 ↓ -34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $944.99 ↓ -32%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $988.30 ↓ -29%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $993.02 ↓ -29%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $993.87 ↓ -29%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $1,137.61 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $1,165.71 ↓ -16%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $1,177.30 ↓ -16%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $1,177.30 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $1,277.17 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,277.17 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $1,277.17 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,299.36 ↓ -7%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,346.84 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,346.84 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,370.06 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $1,393.28 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $1,509.38 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $1,509.38 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $1,625.49 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,625.49 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $1,625.49 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,741.60 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,741.60 ↑ +25%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,983.49 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $2,056.08 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $2,083.31 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $2,382.87 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $2,512.23 ↑ +80%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Tte w or without contr, cont ecg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,198.34 $622.86 – $2,747.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,393.28 $286.78 – $2,089.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,266.62 $253.32 – $1,983.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,198.34 $586.22 – $2,747.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,393.28 $447.24 – $2,089.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,393.28 $719.86 – $2,089.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,266.62 $422.21 – $1,983.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,198.34 $586.22 – $2,747.93

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