Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$2,541.59

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.

$4,235.98

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.

$10.06 with Christus Health vs $421.20 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
Christus Health HIX $10.06 ↓ -100%
Molina HIX $17.11 ↓ -99%
UHC All Payer $17.87 ↓ -99%
Cigna All Plans $18.87 ↓ -99%
Zelis PPO $20.13 ↓ -99%
PHCS PPO $21.39 ↓ -99%
Aetna PPO $22.65 ↓ -99%
Pronet PPO $22.65 ↓ -99%
Health Management Network All Plans $22.65 ↓ -99%
Humana All Plans $22.65 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare KM $54.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS-NM KM $54.54 ↓ -98%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) KM $54.54 ↓ -98%
Humana Senior Health Plan MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Aetna MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Humana MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Allwell Superior Medicare Adantage $56.01 ↓ -98%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Triwest VA MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Triwest Medicare PFFS MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) Senior Plan MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Washington National Supp MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
Western Sky Centennial Care MM $56.01 ↓ -98%
BCBS - NM MM $57.13 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $57.69 ↓ -98%
Molina MM $58.81 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MM $58.81 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $58.81 ↓ -98%
Molina KM $59.99 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MM $64.41 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Western Sky HIX $112.02 ↓ -96%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) HMO $347.47 ↓ -86%
BCBS - NM HMO $348.09 ↓ -86%
BCBS - NM HIX $384.98 ↓ -85%
BCBS - NM BCBS NM $421.20 ↓ -83%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other New-mexico hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital Hobbs $1,070.13 not published
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Alamogordo not published $53.98 – $80.97

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