Echo transesophageal at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
$319.41
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.
$887.25
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.
$162.69 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $754.16 with AETNA PPO - CHI — 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 | $162.69 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $323.48 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $323.48 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $356.78 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $394.83 | ↑ +24% |
| AETNA SHA AISD | 4335_AETNA SHA AISD 20250101 | $408.13 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $408.13 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $452.50 | ↑ +42% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4495_AETNA ACO HMO (SMV) 20250801 | $452.50 | ↑ +42% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4496_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH (SMV) 20250801 | $487.99 | ↑ +53% |
| AETNA PPO | 4488_AETNA PPO 20250801 | $496.86 | ↑ +56% |
| AETNA HMO | 4486_AETNA HMO 20250801 | $514.61 | ↑ +61% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4491_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA 20250801 | $514.61 | ↑ +61% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4494_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA (SMV) 20250801 | $550.10 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA HMO | 4492_AETNA HMO (SMV) 20250801 | $550.10 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA PPO | 4493_AETNA PPO (SMV) 20250801 | $550.10 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA ACO PPO/HMO - CHI | 4483_AETNA ACO PPO/HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $621.07 | ↑ +94% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4484_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $683.18 | ↑ +114% |
| AETNA HMO - CHI | 4481_AETNA HMO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $754.16 | ↑ +136% |
| COVENANT HEALTH | 4485_COVENANT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS-AETNA (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $754.16 | ↑ +136% |
| AETNA PPO - CHI | 4482_AETNA PPO (CHI,DCN) 20250801 | $754.16 | ↑ +136% |
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Echo transesophageal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $621.08 | $162.69 – $394.83 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $366.29 – $366.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $222.63 – $2,269.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $222.63 – $2,269.71 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $324.43 – $324.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $222.63 – $2,269.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $222.63 – $2,269.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $222.63 – $2,269.71 |