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Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin vs St. David's North Austin Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 24 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin is cheaper on more procedures (12 vs 5).

Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
Austin, TX
Ascension Seton
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 12 of 24 procedures
vs.
St. David's North Austin Medical Center
Austin, TX
HCA / St. David's
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 5 of 24 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Ascension St. Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $611 $1,333 Ascension ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $1,749 $2,251 Ascension ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,144 $1,333 Ascension ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $728 $1,333 Ascension ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $3,447 $1,749 St. ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $292 $323 Ascension ↓
Mammogram, screening $135 $389 Ascension ↓
DXA bone density scan $301 $784 Ascension ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $269 $119 St. ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $95 $159 Ascension ↓
Lipid panel $203 $200 St. ↓
CBC with differential $35 — tie
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $47 $228 Ascension ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $63 $144 Ascension ↓
Urinalysis $11 $269 Ascension ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $2,390 $9,756 Ascension ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 — $199 tie
Office visit, established patient, level 4 — $263 tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection — $4,270 tie
Polysomnography (sleep study) — $7,680 tie
Thyroid ultrasound $417 $323 St. ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 — $263 tie
New patient office visit, level 4 — $350 tie
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,067 $223 St. ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Ascension St.
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 2/5
Would definitely recommend 68% 69%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 65% 64%
Nurses always communicated well 76% 71%
Doctors always communicated well 74% 74%
Given clear info about recovery 81% 80%
Room and bathroom always clean 65% 71%
Staff always explained meds 56% 49%
Quiet at night, always 52% 59%

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

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