60/100
#943 nationally
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest
100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd, Waco, TX 76712 · (254) 202-2000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest billed $4.17 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 94
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TX
- #32
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
351 | $22,666 | $2,426 | +17% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
282 | $44,842 | $15,832 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $53,238 | $11,435 | -15% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
194 | $40,467 | $10,832 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
169 | $14,723 | $2,772 | -28% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $30,516 | $6,382 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $9,466 | $1,393 | -16% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $15,567 | $3,087 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $33,611 | $5,102 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $10,091 | $1,460 | about average |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,450 | $1,442 | +45% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$40,245 | $7,732 | +24% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,672 | $2,886 | +18% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,666 | $2,426 | +17% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$42,212 | $8,445 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,163 | $9,896 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$144,327 | $20,925 | +9% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$107,516 | $17,409 | +6% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,364 | $6,162 | -63% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$47,636 | $18,896 | -51% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,505 | $2,745 | -45% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$31,404 | $13,551 | -43% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,273 | $5,162 | -41% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$47,514 | $14,428 | -38% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$113,082 | $40,392 | -36% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$48,964 | $14,408 | -36% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.