Critical care 30-74 minutes at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton)
1500 Red River St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093810327
$2,505.60
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.
$6,960.00
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.
$224.41 with CHAMPVA vs $6,885.00 with CHAMPVA — 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 | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $224.41 | ↓ -91% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $643.73 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $1,073.32 | ↓ -57% |
| OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | 4511_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 20251001 | $1,662.00 | ↓ -34% |
| HUMANA HMO | 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 | $2,053.00 | ↓ -18% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $2,368.00 | ↓ -5% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 | $2,822.85 | ↑ +13% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 | $2,822.85 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $2,828.00 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA CHOICE | 236_AETNA ELECT CHOICE 20140601 | $3,029.00 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA POS 20140601 | 235_AETNA POS 20140601 | $3,029.00 | ↑ +21% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 | $3,098.25 | ↑ +24% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 | $3,098.25 | ↑ +24% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $3,102.00 | ↑ +24% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $3,404.00 | ↑ +36% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $3,535.00 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $3,535.00 | ↑ +41% |
| UHC | 4498_UNITED HEALTHCARE (AUS,NW,SW, BAS) 20250701 | $3,719.00 | ↑ +48% |
| UHC | 4499_UNITED HEALTHCARE (DEL) 20250701 | $3,719.00 | ↑ +48% |
| UHC | 4500_UNITED HEALTHCARE (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $3,719.00 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $4,760.00 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $4,760.00 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $5,200.00 | ↑ +108% |
| HUMANA PPO | 2673_HUMANA PPO 20230701 | $5,425.00 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $5,800.00 | ↑ +131% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $6,885.00 | ↑ +175% |
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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,505.60 | $224.41 – $3,535.00 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,505.60 | $224.41 – $3,535.00 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $5,630.80 | $224.41 – $3,535.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $7,379.79 | $2,566.64 – $2,566.64 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,540.23 | $719.73 – $3,175.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,062.22 | $630.31 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,595.72 | $719.14 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,540.23 | $677.39 – $6,643.00 |