Iopamidol 300 mg iodine/ml (61 %) intravenous solution 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

$222.75

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$618.75

Gross charge

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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.

$0.12 with CHAMPVA vs $1.34 with BCBS PPO — 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 $0.12 ↓ -100%
HUMANA HMO 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 $0.20 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $1.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $1.10 ↓ -100%
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $1.10 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $1.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $1.34 ↓ -99%

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Iopamidol 300 mg iodine/ml (61 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $222.75 $0.12 – $1.34
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $222.75 $0.12 – $1.34
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $768.29 $1.23 – $1.23
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $83.03 $0.46 – $1.28
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $189.27 $0.20 – $21.27
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $163.53 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $17.65 $0.02 – $0.14
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $112.36 $0.14 – $1.22

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