Closed tx orbit w/manipulj at Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton)

3201 S Water St, Burnet, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1003833013

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.

$317.07 with CHAMPVA vs $1,578.73 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 $317.07
CHAMPVA 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $330.73
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 4213_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR 4197_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR 4202_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR 4202_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR KIDS 4970_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR KIDS 4980_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR KIDS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 4208_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 4208_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 4213_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4168_BLUE CROSS CHIP (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4168_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4173_BLUE CROSS CHIP (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4173_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
BCBS STAR 4219_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
BCBS STAR 4224_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
BCBS STAR KIDS 5003_BLUE CROSS STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
BCBS STAR KIDS 5013_BLUE CROSS STAR KIDS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4179_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4184_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
DELL STAR 4230_CHIRP DELL STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
DELL STAR 4235_CHIRP DELL STAR (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
SUPERIOR STAR 4246_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
SUPERIOR STAR PLUS 4399_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
UHC STAR 4253_CHIRP UHC STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
UHC STAR 4258_CHIRP UHC STAR (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
UHC STAR KIDS 4311_UHC STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
UHC STAR KIDS 4316_UHC STAR KIDS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
UHC STAR PLUS 4264_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
UHC STAR PLUS 4269_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4157_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4157_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP CHIP (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4162_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4162_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP CHIP (SHL) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
WELLPOINT STAR 4197_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $548.63
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $666.29
HUMANA HMO CUST 206_HUMANA HMO CUSTOM 20140201 $969.15
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $971.52
OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE 4511_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 20251001 $1,000.00
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $1,295.37
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $1,295.37
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $1,389.82
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $1,578.73

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Closed tx orbit w/manipulj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,955.10 $763.11 – $11,141.85
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,955.10 $775.99 – $10,027.66
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $1,850.94 $1,511.89 – $2,300.00
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $8,243.52 $1,424.90 – $3,117.31
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $1,845.90 $1,511.89 – $2,747.88
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $1,955.10 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,686.68 – $2,991.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple not published $548.63 – $4,463.00

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