Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated 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

$489.60

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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.

$1,360.00

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.

$93.30 with UHC STAR vs $429.91 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
UHC STAR 3741_CHIRP UHC STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $93.30 ↓ -81%
UHC STAR 4257_CHIRP UHC STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $93.30 ↓ -81%
UHC STAR KIDS 4315_UHC STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $93.30 ↓ -81%
UHC STAR KIDS 4326_UHC STAR KIDS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $93.30 ↓ -81%
UHC STAR PLUS 3752_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $93.30 ↓ -81%
UHC STAR PLUS 4268_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $93.30 ↓ -81%
DELL STAR 3708_CHIRP DELL STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $93.30 ↓ -81%
DELL STAR 4234_CHIRP DELL STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $93.30 ↓ -81%
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 4212_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $145.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS STAR 3697_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $145.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS STAR 4223_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $145.35 ↓ -70%
DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 3609_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $145.35 ↓ -70%
DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4183_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $145.35 ↓ -70%
WELLPOINT STAR 4201_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $145.35 ↓ -70%
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 3686_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $145.35 ↓ -70%
WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4161_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $145.35 ↓ -70%
WELLPOINT STAR 3675_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) INPATIENT 20240901 $145.35 ↓ -70%
WELLPOINT STAR 4201_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (NW) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $145.35 ↓ -70%
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $258.57 ↓ -47%
HUMANA HMO 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 $429.91 ↓ -12%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $489.60 $145.35 – $429.91
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $947.28 $258.57 – $429.91
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $489.60 $258.57 – $429.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $523.83 $148.42 – $656.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $628.08 $129.28 – $942.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $485.68 $97.14 – $656.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $523.83 $139.69 – $656.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $628.08 $201.61 – $942.12

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