100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd, Waco, TX, 76712 · (254) 202-2000
Beds
236
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$563.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$106.2M
Patient care margin -1.9%
Discharges
14,785
Occupancy 79.6%
Clinicians
611
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $563.5M | $574.5M | -1.9% | $106.2M | 14,785 | $38.3M | 16.8% | 4.0% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 10.2% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.4% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 14.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.7% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.1% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.2% | US median 11.6% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $519.9M | $530.7M | -2.1% | $63.1M | 14,637 | $36.4M | 16.5% | 3.0% |
| 2023 | $464.8M | $495.8M | -6.7% | $39.4M | 14,373 | $31.5M | 17.4% | 3.0% |
| 2022 | $430.9M | $466.4M | -8.2% | -$26.6M | 13,959 | $35.3M | 17.1% | 3.6% |
| 2021 | $382.8M | $410.6M | -7.3% | $65.3M | 13,685 | $31.6M | 20.2% | 13.8% |
| 2020 | $181.0M | $387.0M | -113.8% | $4.5M | 13,109 | $30.1M | 21.3% | 15.2% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 11% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.7% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.7% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.4% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.3% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 2.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.84 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.32 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.37 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.41 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 3.32 | US median 0.81 · worse |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.92 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.19 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 82% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 82% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 66% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 78% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 75% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 78% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 4% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 255 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 15% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 75% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 93% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 80% | US median 74% |
| 69 |
| $30,712.97 |
| $7,760.46 |
| $7,681.44 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 62 | $41,834.53 | $9,747.52 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 56 | $28,443.75 | $6,373.18 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 51 | $60,527.73 | $14,266.73 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 48 | $35,717.50 | $8,564.44 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 45 | $27,920.84 | $5,917.44 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 42 | $46,289.48 | $11,206.29 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 40 | $70,473.18 | $13,976.30 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 070 OTHER CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCC | 39 | $56,005.74 | $12,125.59 | $14,148.94 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 37 | $113,081.51 | $32,688.73 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 071 OTHER CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC | 37 | $34,921.19 | $7,469.38 | $8,149.46 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 37 | $38,435.16 | $9,943.70 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 35 | $59,884.60 | $13,504.26 | $14,289.25 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 351 | 331 | $1,924.17 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 213 | 200 | $9,802.67 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 169 | 165 | $2,179.06 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 123 | 120 | $5,073.32 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 108 | 98 | $1,095.91 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 97 | 89 | $2,448.97 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 90 | 90 | $4,046.69 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 86 | 82 | $1,157.31 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 81 | 81 | $2,055.36 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 80 | 75 | $3,665.04 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 67 | 52 | $1,437.78 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 63 | 63 | $2,005.78 | $2,141.49 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| MIMEDX Group, Inc. MDXG | 26 | $35K |
| Carter Bloodcare | 4 | $2,150 |
| Immucor, Inc. | 1 | $262 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $91.68 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Waco, TX with 236 beds, part of Baylor Scott & White Health and a 4-star overall rating.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest in Waco, TX has 236 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 260 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 14,785 inpatients that year, with 79.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-08-31), Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest reported net patient revenue of $563.5M and operating expenses of $574.5M, a margin on patient care of -1.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was $106.2M (15.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest is part of Baylor Scott & White Health, a health system with 23 hospitals based in Temple, TX. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest provides emergency services.
611 Medicare clinicians list Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest had 1,936 Medicare inpatient stays in 59 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 282 stays; Medicare paid $13,508.73 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $37K in payments to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest as a teaching hospital ($37K general and - for research) from 4 companies.