Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton)
1500 Red River St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093810327
$131.58
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.
$365.50
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.
$18.91 with BCBS HPN vs $22.92 with BCBS PPO — 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 HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $18.91 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $18.91 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $20.63 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $22.92 | ↓ -83% |
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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $30.74 | $21.97 – $21.97 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $269.68 | $6.25 – $44.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $20.64 | $1.58 – $6.30 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $269.68 | $24.01 – $41.65 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $269.68 | $17.77 – $54.39 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $20.64 | $1.39 – $6.30 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $30.74 | $21.97 – $91.53 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $20.64 | $1.14 – $6.56 |