Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton)
3201 S Water St, Burnet, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1003833013
$183.78
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.
$510.50
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.
$131.90 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $534.20 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.
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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| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $131.90 | ↓ -28% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $234.83 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $234.83 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $260.36 | ↑ +42% |
| AETNA PPO | 4488_AETNA PPO 20250801 | $285.88 | ↑ +56% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $296.09 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $296.09 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA ACO PPO/HMO - CHI | 4483_AETNA ACO PPO/HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $357.35 | ↑ +94% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4484_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $393.09 | ↑ +114% |
| AETNA PPO - CHI | 4482_AETNA PPO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $433.93 | ↑ +136% |
| AETNA HMO - CHI | 4481_AETNA HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $433.93 | ↑ +136% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4485_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $433.93 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $437.91 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $437.91 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $484.07 | ↑ +163% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $534.20 | ↑ +191% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $181.18 | $51.33 – $272.35 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $134.48 | $26.90 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $181.18 | $48.31 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $134.48 | $43.17 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $134.48 | $69.48 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $134.48 | $44.83 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $181.18 | $48.31 – $272.35 |