Cidofovir injection at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton)
1500 Red River St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093810327
$970.65
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.
$2,696.25
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.
$577.03 with UHC vs $2,143.14 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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| UHC | 4498_UNITED HEALTHCARE (AUS,NW,SW, BAS) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC | 4500_UNITED HEALTHCARE (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC | 4499_UNITED HEALTHCARE (DEL) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY HMO | 4501_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY HMO | 4503_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY HMO | 4502_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (DEL) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY PPO | 4504_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250401 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY PPO | 4506_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO | 4507_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO | 4509_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO | 4508_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (DEL) 20250701 | $577.03 | ↓ -41% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $579.91 | ↓ -40% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $650.18 | ↓ -33% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $779.40 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $944.46 | ↓ -3% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $968.08 | ↓ -0% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $1,062.52 | ↑ +9% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $1,180.58 | ↑ +22% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $1,180.58 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $1,718.61 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $1,759.53 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $1,759.53 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $1,948.78 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $2,143.14 | ↑ +121% |
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Cidofovir injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $970.65 | $577.03 – $2,143.14 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $970.65 | $577.03 – $2,143.14 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,887.38 | $577.03 – $650.18 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $6,965.86 | $521.83 – $4,656.40 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $3,773.88 | $1,852.81 – $2,105.92 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $3,166.15 | $524.48 – $4,656.40 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $654.57 | $392.87 – $1,785.74 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $654.57 | $392.87 – $1,785.74 |