2nd order venous cath at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton)
1201 W 38th St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1164526786
$928.71
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.
$2,579.75
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.
$175.17 with CHAMPVA vs $969.15 with HUMANA HMO CUST — 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 |
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| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $175.17 | ↓ -81% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $177.37 | ↓ -81% |
| OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | 4511_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 20251001 | $799.72 | ↓ -14% |
| HUMANA HMO CUST | 206_HUMANA HMO CUSTOM 20140201 | $969.15 | ↑ +4% |
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2nd order venous cath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $928.71 | $175.17 – $969.15 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $354.90 | $175.17 – $969.15 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $928.71 | $175.17 – $969.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,806.24 | $795.10 – $3,975.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,725.72 | $71.00 – $4,088.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,128.64 | $71.00 – $2,660.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,806.24 | $748.33 – $3,975.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,725.72 | $85.00 – $4,088.57 |