Mr spectroscopy at Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton)
9010 N. Lake Creek Pkwy, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1447355771
$4,154.33
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.
$5,934.75
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.
$384.38 with TRICARE vs $4,412.72 with AETNA ACO HMO — 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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| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $384.38 | ↓ -91% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $394.28 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $394.62 | ↓ -91% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $431.88 | ↓ -90% |
| HUMANA HMO | 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 | $628.62 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $1,366.27 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $1,366.27 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $1,504.01 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $1,664.09 | ↓ -60% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 | $1,750.00 | ↓ -58% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 | $1,750.00 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $2,743.06 | ↓ -34% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $3,428.82 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $3,428.82 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA POS 20140601 | 235_AETNA POS 20140601 | $3,435.12 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $3,435.12 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA CHOICE | 236_AETNA ELECT CHOICE 20140601 | $3,435.12 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $4,412.72 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $4,412.72 | ↑ +6% |
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Mr spectroscopy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,136.51 | $83.62 – $4,412.72 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,136.51 | $83.62 – $4,412.72 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,530.71 | $384.38 – $4,412.72 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,322.36 | $83.05 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,442.45 | $225.11 – $2,163.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,442.45 | $83.05 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,322.36 | $83.05 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,442.45 | $83.05 – $2,163.67 |