Nuclr rx interstit colloid 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

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$68.83 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $730.45 with SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS — 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $68.83
HUMANA HMO 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 $75.03
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $228.52
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $228.52
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $241.52
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $252.61
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $278.76
AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 $299.09
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 $327.01
AETNA ACO HMO 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 $327.01
SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 $730.45
SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 $730.45
SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 3619_SUPERIOR CHIP INPATIENT 20240901 not published by hospital
SUPERIOR STAR 3509_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 not published by hospital
SUPERIOR STAR PLUS 4375_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 not published by hospital

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Nuclr rx interstit colloid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin not published $68.83 – $730.45
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin not published $68.83 – $730.45
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin not published $68.83 – $730.45
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,102.92 $234.40 – $300.10
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $1,102.92 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $265.00 – $265.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $121.14 – $926.26
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $121.14 – $926.26

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