Observation per hour at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
$80.73
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.
$224.25
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.
$14.78 with WELLPOINT STAR PLUS vs $23.65 with BCBS STAR — 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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| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4214_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| UHC STAR | 4259_CHIRP UHC STAR (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4317_UHC STAR KIDS (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| UHC STAR KIDS | 4328_UHC STAR KIDS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 3754_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| UHC STAR PLUS | 4270_CHIRP UHC STAR PLUS (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3589_WELLPOINT CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| WELLPOINT CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4163_AMERIGROUP CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 3677_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4203_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4203_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 3688_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3611_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4185_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| DELL STAR | 3710_CHIRP DELL STAR (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| DELL STAR | 4236_CHIRP DELL STAR (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| UHC STAR | 3743_CHIRP UHC STAR (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $14.78 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS STAR | 4219_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3605_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| DELL CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4179_DELL CHIP/STAR KIDS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 3671_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT STAR | 4197_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 3682_CHIRP WELLPOINT/AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 3879_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| SUPERIOR AMBETTER | 3880_SUPERIOR AMBETTER (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20240901 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| WELLPOINT STAR PLUS | 4208_CHIRP AMERIGROUP STAR PLUS (CHI,DCN) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS STAR | 3693_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (CHI,DCN) INPATIENT 20240901 | $23.65 | ↓ -71% |
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