X-ray cervical spine 4-5 views at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833
$499.47
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.
$832.45
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.
$53.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $624.34 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $53.80 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $57.57 | ↓ -88% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $99.77 | ↓ -80% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $101.87 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare | $105.02 | ↓ -79% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $105.02 | ↓ -79% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $110.27 | ↓ -78% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $110.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $110.27 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $117.62 | ↓ -76% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $126.02 | ↓ -75% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $131.80 | ↓ -74% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $132.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $157.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $157.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $173.28 | ↓ -65% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $272.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $274.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $302.85 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $356.29 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $376.59 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $381.07 | ↓ -24% |
| High Plains Health Plans | Commercial | $407.82 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $409.00 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $409.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $417.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $435.99 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $454.00 | ↓ -9% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $457.85 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $457.85 | ↓ -8% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $457.85 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $457.85 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $458.41 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $482.82 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $491.15 | ↓ -2% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $499.47 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative | Commercial | $541.09 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $541.09 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $582.72 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $582.72 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $582.72 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $624.34 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $624.34 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray cervical spine 4-5 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Providence | Waco | $226.17 | $42.78 – $358.10 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $942.59 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $453.04 | $53.80 – $566.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $499.47 | $102.81 – $749.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $606.65 | $53.80 – $758.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $453.04 | $53.80 – $566.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $499.47 | $57.57 – $749.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $499.47 | $53.80 – $749.21 |