Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit at Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton)

11113 Research Blvd, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1124137054

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$329.85

Cash price

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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.

$916.25

Gross charge

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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.

$64.46 with WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE vs $247.37 with HUMANA HMO — 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
WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4161_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $64.46 ↓ -80%
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 4212_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $64.46 ↓ -80%
BCBS STAR 3697_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $64.46 ↓ -80%
BCBS STAR 4223_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $64.46 ↓ -80%
DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 3609_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $64.46 ↓ -80%
DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4183_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $64.46 ↓ -80%
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 3686_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $64.46 ↓ -80%
WELLPOINT STAR 4201_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $64.46 ↓ -80%
WELLPOINT STAR 4201_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $64.46 ↓ -80%
WELLPOINT STAR 3675_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $64.46 ↓ -80%
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $112.38 ↓ -66%
UHC STAR KIDS 4326_UHC STAR KIDS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $124.83 ↓ -62%
UHC STAR PLUS 3752_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $124.83 ↓ -62%
UHC STAR PLUS 4268_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $124.83 ↓ -62%
UHC STAR KIDS 4315_UHC STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $124.83 ↓ -62%
UHC STAR 4257_CHIRP UHC STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $124.83 ↓ -62%
UHC STAR 3741_CHIRP UHC STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $124.83 ↓ -62%
DELL STAR 4234_CHIRP DELL STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $124.83 ↓ -62%
DELL STAR 3708_CHIRP DELL STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $124.83 ↓ -62%
HUMANA HMO 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 $247.37 ↓ -25%

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Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $329.85 $64.46 – $247.37
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $350.00 $112.38 – $247.37
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $180.00 $112.38 – $247.37
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $170.80 $67.85 – $1,136.66
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,699.13 $67.85 – $1,136.66
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $223.65 $88.00 – $479.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $266.00 $67.85 – $760.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $920.68 $47.00 – $5,261.00

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