Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
$180.00
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.
$500.00
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.
$64.46 with BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE vs $247.37 with HUMANA 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 CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 3600_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $64.46 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS CHIP/CHIP PERINATE | 4174_BLUE CROSS CHIP/STAR KIDS (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $64.46 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS STAR | 3699_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (SMV) INPATIENT 20240901 | $64.46 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS STAR | 4225_CHIRP BLUE CROSS STAR (SMV) OUTPATIENT 20241201 | $64.46 | ↓ -64% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $112.38 | ↓ -38% |
| HUMANA HMO | 2668_HUMANA HMO 20230701 | $247.37 | ↑ +37% |
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Platelets leukocytes reduced each unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $170.80 | $67.85 – $1,136.66 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,699.13 | $67.85 – $1,136.66 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $223.65 | $88.00 – $479.25 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $266.00 | $67.85 – $760.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $920.68 | $47.00 – $5,261.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $266.00 | $67.85 – $760.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $266.00 | $67.85 – $760.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $920.68 | $47.00 – $5,261.00 |