Vein x-ray skull epidural at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$1,980.52
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.
$3,300.86
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.
$128.64 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,578.79 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.
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 | $128.64 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $137.64 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $409.00 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $409.00 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $454.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $598.65 | ↓ -70% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $611.26 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare | $630.16 | ↓ -68% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $630.16 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $661.67 | ↓ -67% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $661.67 | ↓ -67% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $661.67 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $705.78 | ↓ -64% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $756.19 | ↓ -62% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $790.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $794.63 | ↓ -60% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $942.09 | ↓ -52% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $942.09 | ↓ -52% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $1,039.76 | ↓ -48% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $1,089.28 | ↓ -45% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $1,200.85 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $1,412.77 | ↓ -29% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $1,556.23 | ↓ -21% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $1,617.09 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,657.03 | ↓ -16% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $1,815.47 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $1,815.47 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $1,815.47 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,815.47 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $1,914.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $1,947.51 | ↓ -2% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $1,980.52 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $2,118.51 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $2,143.73 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $2,145.56 | ↑ +8% |
| Curative | Commercial | $2,145.56 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $2,310.60 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $2,310.60 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $2,310.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $2,452.68 | ↑ +24% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $2,475.64 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $2,475.64 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $2,578.79 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Vein x-ray skull epidural at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Providence | Waco | not published | $129.64 – $1,544.75 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,006.40 | $128.64 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,980.52 | $407.66 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,079.54 | $128.64 – $2,599.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,006.40 | $128.64 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,980.52 | $137.64 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,980.52 | $128.64 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,079.54 | $128.64 – $3,119.31 |