Ins cath ren art 1st uni 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

$2,477.16

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.

$6,881.00

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.

$262.07 with CHAMPVA vs $3,242.40 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.

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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 $262.07 ↓ -89%
CHAMPVA 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $265.81 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HMO CUST 206_HUMANA HMO CUSTOM 20140201 $969.15 ↓ -61%
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $1,995.32 ↓ -19%
OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE 4511_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 20251001 $2,133.11 ↓ -14%
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $2,626.82 ↑ +6%
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $2,660.43 ↑ +7%
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $2,660.43 ↑ +7%
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $2,854.42 ↑ +15%
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $3,242.40 ↑ +31%

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Ins cath ren art 1st uni at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $2,477.16 $262.07 – $3,242.40
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $2,477.16 $262.07 – $3,242.40
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $3,387.30 $262.07 – $3,242.40
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,879.64 $1,382.56 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,667.63 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,640.49 $71.00 – $9,550.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,879.64 $1,301.24 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,667.63 $85.00 – $7,896.23

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