Critical care each additional 30 minutes at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton)
1500 Red River St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093810327
$740.43
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.
$2,056.75
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.
$112.48 with CHAMPVA vs $4,152.00 with COVENANT HEALTH — 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 | $112.48 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $182.77 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $385.97 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $385.97 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $425.70 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $471.11 | ↓ -36% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $2,056.75 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $2,781.00 | ↑ +276% |
| AETNA POS 20140601 | 235_AETNA POS 20140601 | $3,079.00 | ↑ +316% |
| AETNA CHOICE | 236_AETNA ELECT CHOICE 20140601 | $3,079.00 | ↑ +316% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $3,162.00 | ↑ +327% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $3,322.00 | ↑ +349% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $3,471.00 | ↑ +369% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $4,152.00 | ↑ +461% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $4,152.00 | ↑ +461% |
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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $740.43 | $112.48 – $4,152.00 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $740.43 | $112.48 – $4,152.00 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,439.73 | $112.48 – $4,152.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,597.43 | $437.05 – $437.05 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $845.09 | $239.44 – $3,000.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $686.86 | $141.38 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,013.20 | $202.64 – $7,280.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $845.09 | $225.36 – $6,643.00 |