Ecg external < 48 hours recording at Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital

1401 Medical parkway, Cedar Park, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1376662296

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$940.04

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.

$2,611.21

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.

$24.63 with CHAMPVA vs $2,219.53 with COVENANT HEALTH — 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 $24.63 ↓ -97%
CHAMPVA 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $27.47 ↓ -97%
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $88.09 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $186.44 ↓ -80%
AETNA SHA AISD 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 $339.19 ↓ -64%
AETNA ACO HMO 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 $339.19 ↓ -64%
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $370.70 ↓ -61%
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $370.70 ↓ -61%
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 $376.06 ↓ -60%
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $408.86 ↓ -57%
COVENANT HEALTH 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 $427.67 ↓ -55%
AETNA HMO 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 $427.67 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $452.47 ↓ -52%
AETNA PPO 4488_AETNA PPO 20250801 $1,462.28 ↑ +56%
AETNA ACO PPO/HMO - CHI 4483_AETNA ACO PPO/HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $1,827.85 ↑ +94%
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4484_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $2,010.63 ↑ +114%
AETNA PPO - CHI 4482_AETNA PPO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $2,219.53 ↑ +136%
AETNA HMO - CHI 4481_AETNA HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $2,219.53 ↑ +136%
COVENANT HEALTH 4485_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 $2,219.53 ↑ +136%

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