Ak/bk self-aligning unit ea at CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center

455 St Michaels Dr, Santa Fe, NM · Christushealth · · NPI 1578587150

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 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.

$663.11 with BCBS-NM vs $3,337.57 with BCBS - NM — 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
BCBS-NM KM $663.11
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) KM $663.11
United Healthcare KM $663.11
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $679.02
Washington National Supp MM $679.02
Western Sky Centennial Care MM $679.02
Triwest VA MM $679.02
Triwest Medicare PFFS MM $679.02
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) Senior Plan MM $679.02
Aetna MM $679.02
Humana MM $679.02
Humana Medicare MM $679.02
Humana Senior Health Plan MM $679.02
Allwell Superior Medicare Adantage $679.02
United Healthcare MM $679.02
Christus Health Med Adv MM $679.02
BCBS - NM MM $692.60
Devoted Health Plan MM $699.39
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $699.39
Molina Medicare Adv MM $712.97
Molina MM $712.97
Molina KM $729.42
Amerigroup MM $780.87
Ambetter Western Sky HIX $1,358.04
BCBS - NM HMO $2,758.28
BCBS - NM HIX $3,050.58
BCBS - NM BCBS NM $3,337.57
Zelis PPO not published by hospital
Humana All Plans not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Molina HIX not published by hospital
Cigna All Plans not published by hospital
PHCS PPO not published by hospital
Health Management Network All Plans not published by hospital
Christus Health HIX not published by hospital
Pronet PPO not published by hospital
UHC All Payer not published by hospital

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