Gamunex-c/gammaked at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton)

1500 Red River St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093810327

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$66.78

Cash price

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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.

$185.50

Gross charge

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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.

$38.75 with CHAMPVA vs $172.78 with BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CHAMPVA 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 $38.75 ↓ -42%
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $40.30 ↓ -40%
UHC 4499_UNITED HEALTHCARE (DEL) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC 4498_UNITED HEALTHCARE (AUS,NW,SW, BAS) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC 4500_UNITED HEALTHCARE (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC NEXUS CITY HMO 4501_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC NEXUS CITY HMO 4503_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC NEXUS CITY HMO 4502_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (DEL) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC NEXUS CITY PPO 4504_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250401 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC NEXUS CITY PPO 4506_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO 4507_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO 4509_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO 4508_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (DEL) 20250701 $50.64 ↓ -24%
AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 $55.76 ↓ -17%
AETNA SHA AISD 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 $69.87 ↑ +5%
AETNA ACO HMO 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 $71.62 ↑ +7%
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 $78.61 ↑ +18%
AETNA HMO 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 $87.34 ↑ +31%
COVENANT HEALTH 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 $87.34 ↑ +31%
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $152.38 ↑ +128%
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $156.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $156.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $172.78 ↑ +159%

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Gamunex-c/gammaked at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $15,365.19 $174.60 – $174.60
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $17,168.14 $168.11 – $189.20
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,962.09 $49.43 – $4,204.47
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $7,978.45 $40.82 – $3,157.82
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $7,978.45 $49.43 – $3,157.82
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $7,978.45 $49.43 – $3,157.82
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $7,978.45 $49.43 – $3,157.82
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $7,978.45 $49.43 – $3,157.82

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