Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton)
130 Hays St, Luling, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1356446686
$1,278.81
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.
$3,552.25
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.
$237.24 with BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE vs $3,848.97 with AETNA ACO HMO — 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 CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4168_BLUE CROSS CHIP (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $237.24 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4168_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $237.24 | ↓ -81% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 3880_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20240901 | $237.24 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4208_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $237.24 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4157_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP CHIP (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $237.24 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS STAR KIDS | 5003_BLUE CROSS STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $237.24 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLPOINT STAR KIDS | 4970_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $237.24 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 3671_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $252.74 | ↓ -80% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 3748_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $252.74 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3594_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $252.74 | ↓ -80% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3605_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $252.74 | ↓ -80% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 3682_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $252.74 | ↓ -80% |
| UHC STAR | 3737_CHIRP UHC STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $252.74 | ↓ -80% |
| DELL STAR | 3704_CHIRP DELL STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $252.74 | ↓ -80% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4322_UHC STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $252.74 | ↓ -80% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $257.82 | ↓ -80% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 4266_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $291.67 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS STAR | 4221_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $291.67 | ↓ -77% |
| DELL STAR | 4232_CHIRP DELL STAR (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $291.67 | ↓ -77% |
| UHC STAR | 4255_CHIRP UHC STAR (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $291.67 | ↓ -77% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4210_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $291.67 | ↓ -77% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4199_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $291.67 | ↓ -77% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4199_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $291.67 | ↓ -77% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4313_UHC STAR KIDS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $291.67 | ↓ -77% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $296.58 | ↓ -77% |
| HUMANA HMO | 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 | $345.11 | ↓ -73% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4311_UHC STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| UHC STAR | 4253_CHIRP UHC STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4208_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS STAR | 3693_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS STAR | 4219_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4157_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4179_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| DELL STAR | 4230_CHIRP DELL STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 3879_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 4264_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $366.21 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $404.76 | ↓ -68% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $438.94 | ↓ -66% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 3750_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 3684_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3596_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| UHC STAR | 3739_CHIRP UHC STAR (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4324_UHC STAR KIDS (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3607_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 3673_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| DELL STAR | 3706_CHIRP DELL STAR (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS STAR | 3695_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $463.83 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4170_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $464.22 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4170_BLUE CROSS CHIP (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $464.22 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS STAR KIDS | 5007_BLUE CROSS STAR KIDS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $464.22 | ↓ -64% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4181_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $464.22 | ↓ -64% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4159_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $464.22 | ↓ -64% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4159_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP CHIP (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $464.22 | ↓ -64% |
| WELLPOINT STAR KIDS | 4974_WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR KIDS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $464.22 | ↓ -64% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4210_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $464.22 | ↓ -64% |
| SUPERIOR STAR KIDS | 4889_SUPERIOR STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR KIDS | 4888_SUPERIOR STAR KIDS OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER | 4189_SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER | 4188_SUPERIOR STAR FOSTER OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR | 4243_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR | 3511_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR | 4241_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR | 3509_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR PLUS | 4375_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR PLUS | 4389_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR PLUS | 4377_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (EBD) INPATIENT 20240901 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR STAR PLUS | 4393_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (EBD) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $560.10 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4190_SUPERIOR CHIP OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $630.11 | ↓ -51% |
| SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3619_SUPERIOR CHIP INPATIENT 20240901 | $630.11 | ↓ -51% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 | $1,126.42 | ↓ -12% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 | $1,126.42 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $1,401.39 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $1,401.39 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $1,542.67 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $1,694.12 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $1,706.87 | ↑ +33% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 | $1,750.00 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 | $1,750.00 | ↑ +37% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $1,882.35 | ↑ +47% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $1,882.35 | ↑ +47% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $1,969.00 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA CHOICE | 236_AETNA ELECT CHOICE 20140601 | $3,121.29 | ↑ +144% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $3,121.29 | ↑ +144% |
| AETNA POS 20140601 | 235_AETNA POS 20140601 | $3,121.29 | ↑ +144% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $3,848.97 | ↑ +201% |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,753.94 | $234.23 – $2,192.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,000.98 | $411.87 – $3,001.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,264.12 | $234.23 – $2,830.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,753.94 | $234.23 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,000.98 | $250.63 – $3,001.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,000.98 | $234.23 – $3,001.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,264.12 | $234.23 – $3,396.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,753.94 | $234.23 – $2,192.43 |