Bone imaging (3d) at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)

1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638

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.

$193.04 with CHAMPVA vs $1,655.01 with AETNA POS 20140601 — 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
CHAMPVA 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 $193.04
SUPERIOR AMBETTER 3879_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $220.86
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 3682_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
WELLPOINT STAR 4197_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
WELLPOINT STAR 4197_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
WELLPOINT STAR 3671_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4157_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 3600_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4174_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
BCBS STAR 3693_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
BCBS STAR 4219_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
BCBS STAR 3699_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
BCBS STAR 4225_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 3605_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 4179_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
DELL STAR 3704_CHIRP DELL STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
DELL STAR 4230_CHIRP DELL STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
UHC STAR PLUS 4264_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
UHC STAR PLUS 3748_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
UHC STAR KIDS 4322_UHC STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
UHC STAR KIDS 4311_UHC STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
UHC STAR 3737_CHIRP UHC STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 $222.86
UHC STAR 4253_CHIRP UHC STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
WELLPOINT STAR PLUS 4208_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 $222.86
CHAMPVA 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 $227.45
TRICARE 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 $321.39
SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 $876.53
SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 $876.53
AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 $1,141.69
AETNA ACO HMO 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 $1,141.69
AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 $1,655.01
AETNA CHOICE 236_AETNA ELECT CHOICE 20140601 $1,655.01
AETNA POS 20140601 235_AETNA POS 20140601 $1,655.01
SUPERIOR STAR 3515_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 not published by hospital
SUPERIOR CHIP/CHIP PERINATE 3619_SUPERIOR CHIP INPATIENT 20240901 not published by hospital
SUPERIOR STAR PLUS 4375_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 not published by hospital
SUPERIOR STAR PLUS 4381_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR PLUS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 not published by hospital
SUPERIOR STAR 3509_CHIRP SUPERIOR STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 not published by hospital

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