Treatment radiation delivery level 2 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

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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.

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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.

$106.60 with TRICARE vs $2,320.29 with AETNA CHOICE — 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
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $106.60
CHAMPVA 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 $258.89
SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 $264.11
SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 $264.11
CHAMPVA 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $310.12
HUMANA HMO 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 $347.84
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $463.14
CIGNA HMO 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 $697.48
CIGNA HMO 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 $697.48
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $936.52
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $936.52
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $1,018.40
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $1,141.22
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 $1,226.11
AETNA ACO HMO 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 $1,226.11
AETNA POS 20140601 235_AETNA POS 20140601 $2,320.29
AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 $2,320.29
AETNA CHOICE 236_AETNA ELECT CHOICE 20140601 $2,320.29

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Treatment radiation delivery level 2 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $211.50 $106.60 – $2,320.29
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $211.50 $106.60 – $2,320.29
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin not published $106.60 – $2,320.29
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,913.64 $985.14 – $985.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,860.00 $368.08 – $2,325.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,550.00 $524.88 – $3,825.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,730.00 $368.08 – $3,412.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,860.00 $245.64 – $2,325.00

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