Evaluation heart device at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton)
1201 W 38th St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1164526786
$1,389.60
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.
$3,860.00
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.
$320.45 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $19,473.00 with COVENANT HEALTH — 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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| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $320.45 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $637.16 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $637.16 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $702.75 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $777.71 | ↓ -44% |
| UHC | 4500_UNITED HEALTHCARE (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $1,432.00 | ↑ +3% |
| UHC | 4498_UNITED HEALTHCARE (AUS,NW,SW, BAS) 20250701 | $1,432.00 | ↑ +3% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $12,432.00 | ↑ +795% |
| AETNA POS 20140601 | 235_AETNA POS 20140601 | $14,456.00 | ↑ +940% |
| AETNA CHOICE | 236_AETNA ELECT CHOICE 20140601 | $14,456.00 | ↑ +940% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $14,559.00 | ↑ +948% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $15,968.00 | ↑ +1049% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $17,526.00 | ↑ +1161% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $19,473.00 | ↑ +1301% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $19,473.00 | ↑ +1301% |
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Evaluation heart device at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,389.60 | $320.45 – $1,432.00 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,787.23 | $320.45 – $1,432.00 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,389.60 | $320.45 – $1,432.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,469.10 | $575.32 – $4,914.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,221.39 | $565.95 – $4,832.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,368.17 | $473.63 – $2,960.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,469.10 | $438.52 – $4,914.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,221.39 | $691.51 – $4,832.08 |