Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton)
11113 Research Blvd, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1124137054
$573.57
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.
$1,593.25
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.
$23.52 with CHAMPVA vs $1,354.26 with AETNA HMO - CHI — 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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| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $23.52 | ↓ -96% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $24.81 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $38.20 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $75.96 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $75.96 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $83.78 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $92.71 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $732.89 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $732.89 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $812.56 | ↑ +42% |
| AETNA PPO | 4488_AETNA PPO 20250801 | $892.22 | ↑ +56% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $924.08 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $924.08 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA ACO PPO/HMO - CHI | 4483_AETNA ACO PPO/HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $1,115.27 | ↑ +94% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4484_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $1,226.80 | ↑ +114% |
| AETNA PPO - CHI | 4482_AETNA PPO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $1,354.26 | ↑ +136% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4485_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $1,354.26 | ↑ +136% |
| AETNA HMO - CHI | 4481_AETNA HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $1,354.26 | ↑ +136% |
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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $573.57 | $23.52 – $92.71 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,115.28 | $23.52 – $92.71 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $573.57 | $23.52 – $92.71 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $649.89 | $86.01 – $86.01 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $702.59 | $68.58 – $995.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $640.45 | $67.47 – $960.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $745.70 | $67.47 – $932.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $702.59 | $52.28 – $995.33 |