I-131 iobenguane sulf diag mibg at Ascension Providence
6901 Medical Pkwy, Waco, TX · Ascension · · NPI 1093708679
$2,397.60
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.
$6,660.00
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.
$1,803.64 with BCBS ESSENTIALS HMO vs $2,554.54 with BCBS ADVANTAGE 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 ESSENTIALS HMO | 870_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMO ESSENTIALS 20250101 | $1,803.64 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS PPO | 869_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20250101 | $1,899.34 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS MYBLUEHEALTH | 872_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MYBLUEHEATH 20250101 | $2,039.25 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS ADVANTAGE HMO | 871_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ADVANTAGE HMO 20250101 | $2,554.54 | ↑ +7% |
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I-131 iobenguane sulf diag mibg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $16,801.24 | $1,442.91 – $3,923.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $26,177.17 | $1,442.91 – $3,923.17 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $303.15 | $100.00 – $1,818.90 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $303.15 | $100.00 – $1,818.90 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $303.15 | $100.00 – $2,101.84 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,340.01 | $2,473.56 – $3,084.59 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,340.01 | $2,473.56 – $3,084.59 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $1,294.65 | $2,473.56 – $3,084.59 |