General health panel at Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton)
9010 N. Lake Creek Pkwy, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1447355771
not published by hospital
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
not published by hospital
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$53.28 with TRICARE vs $166.36 with BCBS PPO — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $53.28 | — |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $54.57 | — |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $55.63 | — |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $67.11 | — |
| HUMANA HMO | 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 | $79.27 | — |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 | $82.15 | — |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 | $82.15 | — |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $89.90 | — |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $98.25 | — |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $98.25 | — |
| CIGNA HMO | 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 | $100.01 | — |
| CIGNA HMO | 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 | $100.01 | — |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $136.34 | — |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $136.34 | — |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $150.46 | — |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $166.36 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
General health panel at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | not published | $53.28 – $166.36 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | not published | $53.28 – $166.36 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | not published | $53.28 – $166.36 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $531.10 | $135.98 – $135.98 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $1,695.54 | $99.05 – $154.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,952.91 | $45.36 – $482.25 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $296.45 | $26.84 – $1,524.60 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $296.45 | $26.84 – $1,439.90 |