External recharg sys intern at Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital
1401 Medical parkway, Cedar Park, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1376662296
$8,037.50
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.
$22,326.38
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.
$1,498.34 with UHC STAR vs $10,046.87 with SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE — 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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| UHC STAR | 3737_CHIRP UHC STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3594_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS STAR | 3693_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3605_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| DELL STAR | 3704_CHIRP DELL STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 3879_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 3880_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 3682_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 3671_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 3748_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4322_UHC STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $1,498.34 | ↓ -81% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $1,656.44 | ↓ -79% |
| SUPERIOR STAR PLUS | 4375_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $8,930.55 | ↑ +11% |
| SUPERIOR STAR KIDS | 4885_SUPERIOR STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $8,930.55 | ↑ +11% |
| SUPERIOR STAR KIDS | 4884_SUPERIOR STAR KIDS INPATIENT 20240901 | $8,930.55 | ↑ +11% |
| SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER | 3621_SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $8,930.55 | ↑ +11% |
| SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER | 3620_SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER INPATIENT 20240901 | $8,930.55 | ↑ +11% |
| SUPERIOR STAR | 3509_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $8,930.55 | ↑ +11% |
| SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3619_SUPERIOR CHIP INPATIENT 20240901 | $10,046.87 | ↑ +25% |
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External recharg sys intern at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,023.20 | $1,674.40 – $7,534.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,023.20 | $1,004.64 – $6,279.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $5,023.20 | $920.92 – $7,534.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR | Taylor | $5,023.20 | $1,590.68 – $6,697.60 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $1,215.55 | $749.12 – $5,292.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $476.91 | $476.91 – $2,861.46 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $1,215.55 | $1,176.00 – $4,998.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $1,215.55 | $1,176.00 – $6,526.80 |