X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) 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

$183.98

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$306.63

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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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$32.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $454.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $32.75 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $35.04 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $83.05 ↓ -55%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $84.80 ↓ -54%
TriWest Community Care Network $87.42 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare $87.42 ↓ -52%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $91.79 ↓ -50%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $91.79 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $91.79 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.91 ↓ -47%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $101.19 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $104.90 ↓ -43%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $109.71 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $110.24 ↓ -40%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $111.55 ↓ -39%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $130.69 ↓ -29%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $130.69 ↓ -29%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $131.24 ↓ -29%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $144.24 ↓ -22%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $150.22 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $153.93 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $168.65 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $168.65 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $168.65 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $168.65 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $177.85 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $180.91 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $183.98 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $199.31 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $199.31 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $214.64 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $214.64 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $214.64 ↑ +17%
Mark Cuban Commercial $225.11 ↑ +22%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $229.97 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $229.97 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $268.16 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $271.35 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $310.46 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $326.42 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare Nexus $409.00 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Charter $409.00 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $454.00 ↑ +147%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $135.99 $26.40 – $215.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $183.98 $37.87 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $189.70 $32.75 – $237.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $183.98 $35.04 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $183.98 $32.75 – $275.97
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