Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm dme at Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton)
1201 Hill Rd, Smithville, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1154612638
$294.75
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.
$818.75
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.
$28.28 with CHAMPVA vs $1,325.97 with BCBS PPO — 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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| CHAMPVA | 1135_CHAMPVA REST_TX 20180301 | $28.28 | ↓ -90% |
| CHAMPVA | 1136_CHAMPVA AUSTIN 20180301 | $28.75 | ↓ -90% |
| TRICARE | 1229_TRICARE CAH OUTPATIENT 20170101 | $113.84 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS BAV EXCHANGE | 4127_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BAV EXCHANGE 20250101 | $546.36 | ↑ +85% |
| SENDERO IDEALCARE | 1571_SENDERO IDEALCARE OP 20200101 | $677.57 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS HPN | 4440_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN 20250501 | $1,086.33 | ↑ +269% |
| BCBS HPN | 4497_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HPN (DELL, WILLIAMSON,HAYS) 20250501 | $1,086.33 | ↑ +269% |
| BCBS HMO ESSENTIALS | 4095_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $1,198.16 | ↑ +307% |
| BCBS PPO | 4094_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $1,325.97 | ↑ +350% |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $514.22 | $1,230.11 – $1,230.11 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $496.18 | $112.00 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $534.93 | $85.00 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $534.93 | $155.00 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $474.53 | $71.00 – $987.79 |