Warde viscosity 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

$87.08

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.

$145.14

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.

$9.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $108.86 with HealthSmart — 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 $9.80 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $10.49 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.09 ↓ -87%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $11.32 ↓ -87%
TriWest Community Care Network $11.67 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare $11.67 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $12.25 ↓ -86%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.25 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $12.25 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.07 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $14.00 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $14.65 ↓ -83%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $14.72 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $16.80 ↓ -81%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $17.45 ↓ -80%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $17.45 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $19.26 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $21.83 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $25.68 ↓ -71%
Mark Cuban Commercial $28.01 ↓ -68%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $47.90 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $60.33 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $61.15 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Nexus $64.40 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $64.40 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $69.90 ↓ -20%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $71.10 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $72.86 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $73.64 ↓ -15%
MidCoast Commercial $79.83 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $79.83 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $79.83 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $84.18 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $84.18 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $85.63 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $87.08 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $94.34 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $94.34 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $101.60 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $101.60 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $101.60 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $108.86 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $108.86 ↑ +25%

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Warde viscosity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco not published $5.05 – $51.46
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $278.72 $10.50 – $44.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $85.35 $9.80 – $106.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $87.08 $12.00 – $130.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $85.35 $9.80 – $106.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $85.35 $9.80 – $106.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $87.08 $10.49 – $130.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $87.08 $8.00 – $130.63

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