Unlisted transfusion med px at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
$242.73
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.
$674.25
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.
$12.27 with TRICARE vs $208.43 with SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS — 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 | $12.27 | ↓ -95% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4476_CIGNA HMO (WIL,DEL) 20250701 | $35.94 | ↓ -85% |
| CIGNA HMO | 4475_CIGNA HMO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20250701 | $35.94 | ↓ -85% |
| SENDERO IDEALCARE | 1571_SENDERO IDEALCARE OP 20200101 | $41.53 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $43.68 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $88.74 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $88.74 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $97.94 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $108.28 | ↓ -55% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 785_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (AUS,NW,SW,HAY) 20180101 | $208.43 | ↓ -14% |
| SETON PERFORMANCE PLUS | 788_SETON PERFORMANCE EPO PPO (WIL,DEL,BRK,BAS) 20180101 | $208.43 | ↓ -14% |
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Unlisted transfusion med px at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $319.88 | $88.51 – $88.51 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $18.20 | $13.25 – $93.60 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $18.20 | $22.71 – $88.40 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $18.20 | $22.71 – $115.44 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $18.20 | $22.71 – $93.60 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $313.82 | $22.13 – $58.11 |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) | Luling | $225.72 | $12.27 – $208.43 |
| Adventhealth Central Texas | Killeen | $319.88 | $29.06 – $88.51 |