Injection into spinal artery at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
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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.
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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.
$565.37 with TRICARE vs $1,509.87 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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| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $565.37 | — |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $584.68 | — |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $779.57 | — |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $779.57 | — |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $836.41 | — |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $942.94 | — |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $950.10 | — |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $961.00 | — |
| HUMANA HMO CUST | 206_HUMANA HMO CUSTOM 20140201 | $969.15 | — |
| OSCAR HEALTH EXCHANGE | 4511_OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 20251001 | $1,000.00 | — |
| SENDERO IDEALCARE | 1571_SENDERO IDEALCARE OP 20200101 | $1,509.87 | — |
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Injection into spinal artery at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,015.06 – $4,826.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $1,299.28 – $1,299.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $1,664.70 – $1,664.70 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $793.08 – $11,141.85 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $892.95 – $1,412.97 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $892.95 – $1,445.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $1,445.45 – $1,445.45 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | not published | $1,609.00 – $1,609.00 |