Dexamethasone intra implant at Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton)
9010 N. Lake Creek Pkwy, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1447355771
$4,165.88
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.
$5,951.25
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.
$200.06 with WELLPOINT STAR vs $798.15 with BCBS PPO — 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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| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $200.06 | ↓ -95% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $200.06 | ↓ -95% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $200.15 | ↓ -95% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $201.03 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC | 4498_UNITED HEALTHCARE (AUS,NW,SW, BAS) 20250701 | $204.68 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC | 4500_UNITED HEALTHCARE (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $204.68 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY HMO | 4501_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 | $204.68 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY HMO | 4503_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $204.68 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY PPO | 4504_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250401 | $204.68 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY PPO | 4506_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $204.68 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO | 4507_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 | $204.68 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO | 4509_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $204.68 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $307.27 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $319.76 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $327.75 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $359.73 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $399.70 | ↓ -90% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $399.70 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $640.05 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $655.29 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $655.29 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $725.77 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $798.15 | ↓ -81% |
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Dexamethasone intra implant at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,142.45 | $180.91 – $798.15 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,142.45 | $180.91 – $798.15 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,142.45 | $200.06 – $798.15 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $233.28 | $169.83 – $1,199.70 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $233.28 | $200.06 – $1,133.05 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $233.28 | $204.06 – $1,479.63 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $233.28 | $204.06 – $1,199.70 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $2,142.45 | $180.91 – $798.15 |