Ghs somatosensory testing lower extremit at Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton)

9010 N. Lake Creek Pkwy, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1447355771

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

$766.68

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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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$1,095.25

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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.

$106.76 with CHAMPVA vs $423.26 with BCBS PPO — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
CHAMPVA 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $106.76 ↓ -86%
CHAMPVA 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 $125.36 ↓ -84%
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $174.40 ↓ -77%
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $212.89 ↓ -72%
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $346.77 ↓ -55%
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $346.77 ↓ -55%
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $382.46 ↓ -50%
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $423.26 ↓ -45%

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Ghs somatosensory testing lower extremit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $701.46 $106.76 – $543.20
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $701.46 $106.76 – $543.20
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $701.46 $106.76 – $423.26
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $885.81 $206.06 – $1,107.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,135.79 $233.78 – $1,703.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,003.86 $200.77 – $1,254.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $885.81 $206.06 – $1,107.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,135.79 $206.06 – $1,703.68

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