Tubular dressing 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

$20.93

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.

$34.89

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.

$4.19 with Superior Health Plan vs $29.66 with CORVEL — 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 $4.19 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $4.36 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $4.41 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $4.48 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $5.06 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $5.32 ↓ -75%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $11.51 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $12.69 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $14.93 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $15.48 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $15.48 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $17.09 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $17.20 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $17.51 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $19.19 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $19.19 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $19.19 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $20.24 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $20.24 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $20.59 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $20.93 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $22.68 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $22.68 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $24.42 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $24.42 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $24.42 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $26.17 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $26.17 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $26.17 ↑ +25%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $29.66 ↑ +42%

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Tubular dressing at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $20.93 $4.31 – $31.40
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $20.93 $3.84 – $31.40
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