Aco ccm; at least 20 min 99490aco at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center

2669 N Scenic Dr, Alamogordo, NM · Christushealth · · NPI 1861450579

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$53.70 with United Healthcare vs $141.11 with True Health New Mexico — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Medicaid HMO $53.70
Magellan Medicaid HMO $53.70
Presbyterian Health Plan Medicaid HMO $53.70
BCBS-NM Community Centennil $59.07
Molina Medicaid HMO $59.07
BCBS-NM CENTENNIAL CARE MEDICAID HMO $59.07
Veterans Affairs PCCC Triwest $94.07
Aetna Medicare HMO $94.07
Veterans Affairs El Paso $94.07
Molina Medicare HMO $94.07
Veterans Affairs Albuquerque $94.07
BCBS-MI Medicare Plus Blue $94.07
Humana Medicare HMO $94.07
AARP Medicare HMO $94.07
Veterans Evaluations Services All Plans $94.07
Champus Primary Care Solutions $94.07
BCBS-NM Medicare HMO $94.07
Champus Champva Center $94.07
United Healthcare Medicare HMO $94.07
Allwell Medicare HMO $103.48
Magellan Medicare HMO $104.42
Presbyterian Health Plan Medicare HMO $104.42
Friday Health Plan Commercial $141.11
True Health New Mexico Commercial $141.11
BCBS-NM Federal not published by hospital
BCBS-NM HMO not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO not published by hospital
Geha Commercial not published by hospital
Humana Commercial not published by hospital
Presbyterian Health Plan Commercial not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Commercial not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
BCBS-NM GCRMC Employee not published by hospital
BCBS-NM Code 290 not published by hospital
BCBS-IL PPO not published by hospital

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Aco ccm; at least 20 min 99490aco at other New-mexico hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center Santa Fe not published $53.70 – $195.22

All New-mexico hospitals for this procedure →