Doppler echo complete 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

$395.91

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.

$1,099.75

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.

$37.49 with CHAMPVA vs $934.79 with AETNA HMO - CHI — 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 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $37.49 ↓ -91%
CHAMPVA 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 $52.80 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $61.01 ↓ -85%
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $121.31 ↓ -69%
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $121.31 ↓ -69%
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $133.80 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $148.07 ↓ -63%
AETNA ACO HMO 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 $505.88 ↑ +28%
AETNA SHA AISD 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 $505.88 ↑ +28%
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 $560.87 ↑ +42%
AETNA PPO 4488_AETNA PPO 20250801 $615.86 ↑ +56%
COVENANT HEALTH 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 $637.85 ↑ +61%
AETNA HMO 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 $637.85 ↑ +61%
AETNA ACO PPO/HMO - CHI 4483_AETNA ACO PPO/HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $769.82 ↑ +94%
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4484_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $846.81 ↑ +114%
AETNA PPO - CHI 4482_AETNA PPO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $934.79 ↑ +136%
COVENANT HEALTH 4485_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $934.79 ↑ +136%
AETNA HMO - CHI 4481_AETNA HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $934.79 ↑ +136%

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Doppler echo complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $943.47 $137.37 – $137.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $938.80 $109.54 – $1,329.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $823.00 $107.75 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $823.00 $107.75 – $1,028.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $938.80 $83.49 – $1,329.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $823.00 $131.66 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $823.00 $425.21 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $823.00 $107.75 – $1,234.49

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