F-18 fdg pet diag at Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital
1401 Medical parkway, Cedar Park, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1376662296
$338.64
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.
$940.66
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.
$655.20 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $817.05 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 | $655.20 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $670.80 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $670.80 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $742.95 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $817.05 | ↑ +141% |
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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $3,262.36 | $382.20 – $1,899.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,325.37 | $382.20 – $1,899.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $3,768.75 | $382.20 – $1,899.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $3,681.20 | $382.20 – $1,899.30 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $479.15 | $100.00 – $1,369.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $632.63 | $269.10 – $3,253.50 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $177.00 | $100.00 – $1,062.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $479.15 | $100.00 – $1,369.00 |