Perq transcath septal reduxn 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

$27,562.14

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$76,561.50

Gross charge

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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.

$561.52 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $14,266.00 with CIGNA HMO — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $561.52 ↓ -98%
CHAMPVA 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 $746.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $748.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $748.69 ↓ -97%
CHAMPVA 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $753.41 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $803.29 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $912.47 ↓ -97%
SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 $10,261.00 ↓ -63%
SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 $10,261.00 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HMO 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 $14,266.00 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HMO 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 $14,266.00 ↓ -48%

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Perq transcath septal reduxn at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $27,562.14 $561.52 – $912.47
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $27,562.14 $561.52 – $912.47
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $52,445.93 $561.52 – $912.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $22,203.10 $1,926.33 – $31,454.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,369.23 $281.83 – $2,053.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,369.23 $273.85 – $2,144.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $22,203.10 $1,684.56 – $31,454.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,369.23 $439.52 – $2,620.43

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