Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
$109.08
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.
$303.00
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.
$12.99 with CHAMPVA vs $78.24 with SENDERO IDEALCARE — 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 | $12.99 | ↓ -88% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $14.17 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $23.41 | ↓ -79% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $29.82 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $46.55 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $46.55 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $51.34 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $56.81 | ↓ -48% |
| SENDERO IDEALCARE | 1571_SENDERO IDEALCARE OP 20200101 | $78.24 | ↓ -28% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $357.20 | $52.71 – $52.71 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $241.37 | $41.34 – $301.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $190.67 | $32.03 – $238.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $200.22 | $44.69 – $300.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $200.22 | $103.45 – $300.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $241.37 | $41.34 – $362.05 |