Valvuloplasty aortic at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$13,324.96
Cash price 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.
$22,208.27
Gross charge 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.
$2,664.99 with Superior Health Plan vs $24,657.00 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $2,664.99 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $2,851.54 | ↓ -79% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5,431.62 | ↓ -59% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $5,545.98 | ↓ -58% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $5,717.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare | $5,717.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $6,003.38 | ↓ -55% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,003.38 | ↓ -55% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $6,003.38 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $6,403.60 | ↓ -52% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $6,861.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $7,175.46 | ↓ -46% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $7,209.77 | ↓ -46% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $7,328.73 | ↓ -45% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $8,079.37 | ↓ -39% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $8,547.66 | ↓ -36% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $8,547.66 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $9,316.00 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $9,316.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $9,433.88 | ↓ -29% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $9,505.14 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $10,351.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $10,604.00 | ↓ -20% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $10,879.83 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $12,214.55 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $12,214.55 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $12,214.55 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $12,475.00 | ↓ -6% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $12,880.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $13,324.96 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $13,623.25 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $13,821.41 | ↑ +4% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $14,159.18 | ↑ +6% |
| Curative | Commercial | $14,435.38 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $15,545.79 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $15,545.79 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $15,545.79 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $15,802.97 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $16,645.14 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $16,656.20 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $16,656.20 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $24,657.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Providence | Waco | not published | $7,183.41 – $15,690.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $16,030.65 | $4,542.02 – $20,038.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $13,324.96 | $2,742.72 – $19,987.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $9,551.60 | $1,910.32 – $14,159.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $16,030.65 | $4,274.84 – $20,038.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $13,324.96 | $4,277.31 – $19,987.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $13,324.96 | $6,884.56 – $19,987.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $9,551.60 | $3,183.87 – $14,327.41 |