Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
$80.28
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.
$223.00
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.
$10.49 with CHAMPVA vs $11.21 with BCBS STAR — 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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| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $10.49 | ↓ -87% |
| UHC | 4498_UNITED HEALTHCARE (AUS,NW,SW, BAS) 20250701 | $10.62 | ↓ -87% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY HMO | 4503_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $10.62 | ↓ -87% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY PPO | 4504_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250401 | $10.62 | ↓ -87% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY PPO | 4506_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY PPO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $10.62 | ↓ -87% |
| UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO | 4507_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 | $10.62 | ↓ -87% |
| UHC STANDARD NEXUS ACO | 4509_UNITED HEALTHCARE STANDARD NEXUS ACO (WIL,HAYS) 20250701 | $10.62 | ↓ -87% |
| UHC NEXUS CITY HMO | 4501_UNITED HEALTHCARE NEXUS CITY HMO (AUS,NW,SW,BAS) 20250701 | $10.62 | ↓ -87% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $10.91 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3600_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $11.21 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4174_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $11.21 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS STAR | 3699_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $11.21 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS STAR | 4225_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $11.21 | ↓ -86% |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,427.67 | $10.49 – $102.17 |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |