Coveredge 32 lead kit 40cm 48 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

$19,415.07

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.

$53,930.75

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.

$1,269.77 with BCBS STAR vs $1,269.77 with WELLPOINT STAR PLUS — 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
BCBS STAR 3691_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (AUS) INPATIENT 20240901 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
BCBS STAR 4217_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (AUS) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
DELL STAR 3702_CHIRP DELL STAR (AUS) INPATIENT 20240901 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
DELL STAR 4228_CHIRP DELL STAR (AUS) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR 3735_CHIRP UHC STAR (AUS) INPATIENT 20240901 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR 4251_CHIRP UHC STAR (AUS) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR KIDS 4309_UHC STAR KIDS (AUS) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR KIDS 4320_UHC STAR KIDS (AUS) INPATIENT 20240901 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR PLUS 3746_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (AUS) INPATIENT 20240901 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
UHC STAR PLUS 4262_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (AUS) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT STAR 3669_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (AUS) INPATIENT 20240901 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT STAR 4195_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (AUS) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT STAR 4195_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (AUS) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 3680_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (AUS) INPATIENT 20240901 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 4206_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (AUS) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $1,269.77 ↓ -93%

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Coveredge 32 lead kit 40cm 48 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $19,415.07 $1,269.77 – $1,336.60
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,647.70 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,157.63 $100.00 – $2,480.63
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $14,810.25 $0.27 – $4,170.19
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $5,162.33 $49.44 – $349.20
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $14,810.25 $0.27 – $1,831.14
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $14,810.25 $0.27 – $4,170.19
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $5,162.33 $77.60 – $329.80

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