Valvuloplasty aortic at Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton)
9010 N. Lake Creek Pkwy, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1447355771
$4,962.13
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.
$7,088.75
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.
$1,321.26 with CHAMPVA vs $19,473.00 with AETNA 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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| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $1,321.26 | ↓ -73% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $1,340.95 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $3,566.82 | ↓ -28% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $4,436.74 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $4,755.75 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $4,755.75 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $5,102.53 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $5,796.07 | ↑ +17% |
| WHOLE FOODS | 4512_WHOLE FOODS 20251001 | $7,607.00 | ↑ +53% |
| OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | 4511_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 20251001 | $9,215.00 | ↑ +86% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 | $10,261.00 | ↑ +107% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 | $10,261.00 | ↑ +107% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $12,432.00 | ↑ +151% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 | $14,266.00 | ↑ +187% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 | $14,266.00 | ↑ +187% |
| AETNA CHOICE | 236_AETNA ELECT CHOICE 20140601 | $14,456.00 | ↑ +191% |
| AETNA POS 20140601 | 235_AETNA POS 20140601 | $14,456.00 | ↑ +191% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $14,559.00 | ↑ +193% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $15,968.00 | ↑ +222% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $17,526.00 | ↑ +253% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $19,473.00 | ↑ +292% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $19,473.00 | ↑ +292% |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $4,466.07 | $1,321.26 – $5,796.07 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $4,466.07 | $1,321.26 – $5,796.07 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | not published | $1,321.26 – $5,796.07 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $16,030.65 | $4,542.02 – $20,038.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $13,324.96 | $2,742.72 – $19,987.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $9,551.60 | $1,910.32 – $14,159.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $16,030.65 | $4,274.84 – $20,038.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $13,324.96 | $4,277.31 – $19,987.44 |