Aco ccm; at least 20 min 99490aco at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton)

1201 W 38th St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1164526786

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$31.59 with CHAMPVA vs $161.35 with SUPERIOR AMBETTER — 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
CHAMPVA 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 $31.59
CHAMPVA 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $32.59
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $52.57
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $55.47
AARP MC WELLMED 4656_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AARP WELLMED INPATIENT (AUS,NW,SW,HAY,WIL,BRK,DEL,BAS) 20251001 $87.85
AARP MC WELLMED 4748_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AARP WELLMED OUTPATIENT (AUS,NW,SW,HAY,WIL,BRK,DEL,BAS,SMV) 20250811 $87.85
SENDERO CHAP 4932_SENDERO CHAP OUTPATIENT 20250811 $88.74
SENDERO CHAP 4651_SENDERO CHAP INPATIENT 20251001 $88.74
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 4749_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250811 $89.64
MEDICARE OON 4666_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT OON 20251001 $89.64
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 4661_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT (AUS,HAY,NW,SW) 20251001 $89.64
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 4921_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT (AUS,HAY,NW,SW.SMV) 20250811 $89.64
UHCPCIP 4678_UNITED HEALTHCARE PCIP (AUS) IP 20251001 $89.64
RESEARCH STUDY 4098_RESEARCH STUDY OP 20250101 $89.64
TRICARE 4696_TRICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $89.64
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 4665_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 100% 20251001 $89.64
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 4922_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 100% 20250811 $89.64
SMARTHEALTH 4680_SMARTHEALTH IP 20251001 $89.64
SMARTHEALTH 4957_SMARTHEALTH OP 20250811 $89.64
AETNA MCR REPLACEMENT 4659_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 $89.64
SUPERIOR ALLWELL 4419_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SUPERIOR ALLWELL OUTPATIENT 20250101 $89.64
SUPERIOR ALLWELL 4686_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SUPERIOR ALLWELL INPATIENT 20251001 $89.64
WELLCARE MED ADVANTAGE 4691_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT 20251001 $89.64
WELLCARE MED ADVANTAGE 4929_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT 20250811 $89.64
WELMED MEDICARE 4669_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELMED INPATIENT (AUS,NW,SW,HAY,WIL,DEL,BAS) 20251001 $89.64
WELMED MEDICARE 4930_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELMED OUTPATIENT (AUS,NW,SW,HAY,WIL,DEL,BAS) 20250811 $89.64
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 4682_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ASCENSION COMPLETE INPATIENT 20251001 $89.64
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 4764_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ASCENSION COMPLETE OUTPATIENT 20250811 $89.64
COVID HRSA 4693_COVID HRSA UNIN Q80 INPATIENT 20251001 $89.64
COVID HRSA 4765_COVID HRSA UNIN Q80 OUTPATIENT 20250811 $89.64
CSHCN CIDC 4694_CSHCN CIDC IP (ADULT) 20251001 $89.64
UHCPCIP 4126_UNITED HEALTHCARE PCIP (AUS) OP 20250101 $89.64
ADDR CANCER TOGETHER 4681_ADDR CANCER TOGETHER INPATIENT 20251001 $89.64
ADDR CANCER TOGETHER 4747_ADDR CANCER TOGETHER OUTPATIENT 20250811 $89.64
DEVOTED HEALTH MCR REPLACEMENT 4684_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE DEVOTED HEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $89.64
DEVOTED HEALTH MCR REPLACEMENT 4918_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE DEVOTED HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250811 $89.64
RESEARCH STUDY 4650_RESEARCH STUDY IP 20251001 $89.64
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 4928_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE OUTPATIENT (AUS,NW,SW,HAY,SMV) 20250811 $91.43
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 4687_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE INPATIENT (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20251001 $91.43
CONNECTED SENIOR CARE 2475_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONNECTED SENIOR CARE OUTPATIENT 20221001 $92.33
CONNECTED SENIOR CARE 4660_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONNECTED SENIOR CARE INPATIENT 20251001 $92.33
PPHP MCR ADVANTAGE 4925_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPHP OUTPATIENT 20250811 $94.12
TX INDEPENDENCE HP 4741_TX INDEPENDENCE HP OP 20250811 $94.12
TX INDEPENDENCE HP 4671_TX INDEPENDENCE HP IP 20251001 $94.12
PPHP MCR ADVANTAGE 4668_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPHP INPATIENT 20251001 $94.12
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $110.30
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $110.30
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $121.65
OCCUNET 4674_OCCUNET IP 20251001 $125.50
OCCUNET 4123_OCCUNET OP 20250101 $125.50
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $134.63
SENDERO IDEALCARE 4675_SENDERO IDEALCARE IP 20251001 $156.87
SENDERO IDEALCARE 1571_SENDERO IDEALCARE OP 20200101 $156.87
SUPERIOR AMBETTER 4960_SUPERIOR AMBETTER OUTPATIENT 20250811 $161.35
SUPERIOR AMBETTER 4652_SUPERIOR AMBETTER INPATIENT 20251001 $161.35

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Aco ccm; at least 20 min 99490aco at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin not published $31.59 – $161.35
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin not published $31.59 – $134.63
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin not published $31.59 – $134.63
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $71.94 $20.38 – $220.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $69.30 $14.26 – $220.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $69.30 $13.86 – $220.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $71.94 $19.18 – $220.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $69.30 $22.25 – $220.82

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