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Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin vs St. David's Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 25 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin is cheaper on more procedures (17 vs 0).

Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin
Austin, TX
Ascension Seton
2/5 CMS
Cheaper on 17 of 25 procedures
vs.
St. David's Medical Center
Austin, TX
HCA / St. David's
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 0 of 25 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Dell St. Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $611 $4,903 Dell ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $1,749 $6,941 Dell ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,144 $5,439 Dell ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $728 $4,903 Dell ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $3,447 $7,076 Dell ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $292 $1,583 Dell ↓
Mammogram, screening $135 $267 Dell ↓
DXA bone density scan $301 $808 Dell ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $269 $881 Dell ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $95 $975 Dell ↓
Lipid panel $203 $662 Dell ↓
CBC with differential $35 — tie
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $47 $1,061 Dell ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $63 $440 Dell ↓
Urinalysis $15 $33 Dell ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $2,390 $3,611 Dell ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 — $95 tie
Office visit, established patient, level 4 — $100 tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection — $3,530 tie
Polysomnography (sleep study) — $7,667 tie
Thyroid ultrasound $417 $957 Dell ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 — $95 tie
New patient office visit, level 4 — $100 tie
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,067 $1,144 Dell ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes — $411 tie

Patient experience.

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

Measure Dell St.
HCAHPS overall star rating 4/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 78% 77%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 78% 74%
Nurses always communicated well 82% 79%
Doctors always communicated well 82% 79%
Given clear info about recovery 85% 85%
Room and bathroom always clean 76% 76%
Staff always explained meds 64% 62%
Quiet at night, always 69% 68%

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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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