Meg spontaneous at Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton)
9010 N. Lake Creek Pkwy, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1447355771
$2,721.60
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.
$3,888.00
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.
$743.83 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $2,357.85 with DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE — 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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| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $743.83 | ↓ -73% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $827.46 | ↓ -70% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3605_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $911.91 | ↓ -66% |
| DELL STAR | 3704_CHIRP DELL STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $911.91 | ↓ -66% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 3682_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $911.91 | ↓ -66% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 3671_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $911.91 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 3748_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $911.91 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR | 3737_CHIRP UHC STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $911.91 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4322_UHC STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $911.91 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3594_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $911.91 | ↓ -66% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4208_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $945.16 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4168_BLUE CROSS CHIP (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $945.16 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4168_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $945.16 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS STAR KIDS | 5003_BLUE CROSS STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $945.16 | ↓ -65% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 3880_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20240901 | $945.16 | ↓ -65% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4157_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP CHIP (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $945.16 | ↓ -65% |
| WELLPOINT STAR KIDS | 4970_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $945.16 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $1,478.97 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $1,478.97 | ↓ -46% |
| SUPERIOR STAR KIDS | 4889_SUPERIOR STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,555.20 | ↓ -43% |
| SUPERIOR STAR PLUS | 4389_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,555.20 | ↓ -43% |
| SUPERIOR STAR | 4241_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,555.20 | ↓ -43% |
| SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER | 4188_SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,555.20 | ↓ -43% |
| SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER | 4189_SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,555.20 | ↓ -43% |
| SUPERIOR STAR KIDS | 4888_SUPERIOR STAR KIDS OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,555.20 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $1,631.21 | ↓ -40% |
| SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4190_SUPERIOR CHIP OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,749.60 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $1,805.21 | ↓ -34% |
| DELL STAR | 4230_CHIRP DELL STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 3879_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS STAR | 4219_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| UHC STAR | 4253_CHIRP UHC STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4311_UHC STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS STAR | 3693_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 4264_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4157_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4208_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4179_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $2,357.85 | ↓ -13% |
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Meg spontaneous at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | not published | $743.83 – $1,805.21 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | not published | $743.83 – $1,805.21 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | not published | $743.83 – $1,805.21 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $16,021.22 | $596.37 – $1,725.31 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $1,399.68 | $743.83 – $1,805.21 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,674.71 – $1,674.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $926.26 – $1,181.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $945.16 – $1,181.45 |