MRI brain without & w/dye at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
$2,061.00
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.
$5,725.00
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.
$201.82 with BCBS BAV EXCHANGE vs $31,802.41 with AETNA ACO HMO — 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 | $201.82 | ↓ -90% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $257.93 | ↓ -87% |
| SENDERO IDEALCARE | 1571_SENDERO IDEALCARE OP 20200101 | $301.91 | ↓ -85% |
| HUMANA HMO | 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 | $311.87 | ↓ -85% |
| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $398.16 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $670.04 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $670.04 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $740.68 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $817.37 | ↓ -60% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 | $1,274.22 | ↓ -38% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 | $1,274.22 | ↓ -38% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 | $1,750.00 | ↓ -15% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 | $1,750.00 | ↓ -15% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $2,626.82 | ↑ +27% |
| AETNA HMO EXCHANGE | 1377_AETNA HMO EXCHANGE 20200101 | $29,087.57 | ↑ +1311% |
| AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA | 4490_AETNA MULTI-TIER WHOLE HEALTH SHA 20250801 | $31,802.41 | ↑ +1443% |
| AETNA ACO HMO | 4489_AETNA ACO HMO 20250801 | $31,802.41 | ↑ +1443% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,813.09 | $167.39 – $3,516.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,813.09 | $167.39 – $3,516.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,813.09 | $167.39 – $3,516.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $2,813.09 | $167.67 – $3,516.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $2,813.09 | $167.39 – $3,516.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $2,813.09 | $167.39 – $3,516.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $2,813.09 | $167.39 – $3,516.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,813.09 | $167.39 – $3,516.37 |