Blood, l/r, irradiated at Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton)
11113 Research Blvd, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1124137054
$197.37
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.
$548.25
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.
$68.00 with UHC STAR vs $136.32 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.
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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| UHC STAR | 4257_CHIRP UHC STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $68.00 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 4268_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $68.00 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 3752_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 | $68.00 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4326_UHC STAR KIDS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 | $68.00 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4315_UHC STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $68.00 | ↓ -66% |
| DELL STAR | 3708_CHIRP DELL STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 | $68.00 | ↓ -66% |
| DELL STAR | 4234_CHIRP DELL STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $68.00 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR | 3741_CHIRP UHC STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 | $68.00 | ↓ -66% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $123.10 | ↓ -38% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4183_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3609_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS STAR | 4223_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS STAR | 3697_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4161_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 3675_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4201_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4201_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 3686_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4212_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $136.32 | ↓ -31% |
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Blood, l/r, irradiated at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $197.37 | $123.10 – $136.32 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $238.35 | $123.10 – $123.10 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $197.37 | $123.10 – $123.10 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $1,399.63 | $169.10 – $493.79 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $982.75 | $123.10 – $123.10 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $122.58 | $123.10 – $136.32 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $4,826.69 – $4,826.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $143.49 – $1,512.04 |