Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording at Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton)

130 Hays St, Luling, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1356446686

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

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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.

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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.

$64.30 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $159.39 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.

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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
BCBS BAV EXCHANGE 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 $64.30
BCBS HPN 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 $130.62
BCBS HPN 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 $130.62
BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 $144.16
BCBS PPO 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 $159.39
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4484_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 not published by hospital
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 not published by hospital
AETNA PPO - CHI 4482_AETNA PPO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 not published by hospital
AETNA SHA AISD 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 not published by hospital
COVENANT HEALTH 4485_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 not published by hospital
AETNA PPO 4488_AETNA PPO 20250801 not published by hospital
COVENANT HEALTH 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 not published by hospital
AETNA HMO 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 not published by hospital
AETNA ACO HMO 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 not published by hospital
AETNA ACO PPO/HMO - CHI 4483_AETNA ACO PPO/HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 not published by hospital
AETNA HMO - CHI 4481_AETNA HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 not published by hospital

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Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording at other Texas hospitals

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