Obtaining screen pap smear at Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton)
11113 Research Blvd, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1124137054
$32.04
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.
$89.00
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.
$12.27 with TRICARE vs $84.43 with BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS — 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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| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $12.27 | ↓ -62% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $19.91 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $37.66 | ↑ +18% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $43.17 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $76.51 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $76.51 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $84.43 | ↑ +164% |
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Obtaining screen pap smear at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $32.04 | $12.27 – $84.43 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $31.68 | $12.27 – $84.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $18.46 | $6.15 – $73.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $18.46 | $4.61 – $73.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $18.46 | $3.38 – $102.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR | Taylor | $18.46 | $5.84 – $73.76 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $44.52 | $86.42 – $86.42 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $21.70 | $16.74 – $62.00 |