Prq trluml revsc ch occ ant at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton)
1500 Red River St, Austin, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093810327
$34,843.41
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.
$96,787.25
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.
$668.11 with CHAMPVA vs $26,203.00 with HUMANA 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.
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 | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $668.11 | ↓ -98% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $673.66 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $7,134.11 | ↓ -80% |
| WHOLE FOODS | 4512_WHOLE FOODS 20251001 | $7,607.00 | ↓ -78% |
| OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | 4511_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 20251001 | $9,215.00 | ↓ -74% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $9,219.42 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $9,512.14 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $9,512.14 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $10,205.73 | ↓ -71% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 | $10,261.00 | ↓ -71% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 | $10,261.00 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $11,592.92 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 | $14,266.00 | ↓ -59% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 | $14,266.00 | ↓ -59% |
| UHC | 4498_UNITED HEALTHCARE (AUS,NW,SW, BAS) 20250701 | $18,406.00 | ↓ -47% |
| UHC | 4500_UNITED HEALTHCARE (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $18,406.00 | ↓ -47% |
| UHC | 4499_UNITED HEALTHCARE (DEL) 20250701 | $18,406.00 | ↓ -47% |
| HUMANA HMO | 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 | $18,440.00 | ↓ -47% |
| HUMANA PPO | 2673_HUMANA PPO 20230701 | $26,203.00 | ↓ -25% |
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Prq trluml revsc ch occ ant at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $34,843.41 | $668.11 – $18,406.00 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $34,843.41 | $668.11 – $18,406.00 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $52,328.50 | $668.11 – $18,406.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $17,474.24 | $4,951.03 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $16,678.62 | $3,433.02 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $18,978.50 | $3,795.70 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $17,474.24 | $4,659.80 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $16,678.62 | $5,353.84 – $27,252.71 |