Hemodialysis one evaluation at Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton)
9010 N. Lake Creek Pkwy, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1447355771
$2,704.98
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.
$3,864.25
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.
$72.82 with CHAMPVA vs $3,284.61 with AETNA HMO - CHI — 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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| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $72.82 | ↓ -97% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $73.71 | ↓ -97% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $411.81 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA ACO PPO | 3438_AETNA ACO PPO 20240701 | $429.72 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $456.58 | ↓ -83% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $501.34 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $501.34 | ↓ -81% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $528.17 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $1,893.48 | ↓ -30% |
| AETNA PPO | 4488_AETNA PPO 20250801 | $2,163.98 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA ACO PPO/HMO - CHI | 4483_AETNA ACO PPO/HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $2,704.97 | ↓ -0% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4484_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $2,975.47 | ↑ +10% |
| AETNA PPO - CHI | 4482_AETNA PPO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $3,284.61 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA HMO - CHI | 4481_AETNA HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $3,284.61 | ↑ +21% |
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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,089.72 | $72.82 – $1,220.58 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,089.72 | $72.82 – $1,220.58 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,089.72 | $72.82 – $528.17 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,147.82 | $608.55 – $2,684.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,671.91 | $344.14 – $2,507.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,364.27 | $272.85 – $1,731.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,147.82 | $572.75 – $2,684.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,671.91 | $536.68 – $2,507.87 |