Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$11,273.42

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.

$18,789.03

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.

$325.88 with BCBS - NM vs $16,910.12 with Humana — 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 HMO $325.88 ↓ -97%
BCBS - NM HIX $360.41 ↓ -97%
BCBS - NM BCBS NM $394.32 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Humana Senior Health Plan MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Western Sky Centennial Care MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Aetna MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Triwest VA MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Humana MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Triwest Medicare PFFS MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Washington National Supp MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) Senior Plan MM $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
Allwell Superior Medicare Adantage $1,205.54 ↓ -89%
BCBS - NM MM $1,229.65 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $1,241.71 ↓ -89%
Molina MM $1,265.82 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1,265.82 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,265.82 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MM $1,386.37 ↓ -88%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) KM $2,369.13 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare KM $2,369.13 ↓ -79%
BCBS-NM KM $2,369.13 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Western Sky HIX $2,411.08 ↓ -79%
Molina KM $2,606.04 ↓ -77%
Christus Health HIX $7,515.61 ↓ -33%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) HMO $11,968.16 ↑ +6%
Molina HIX $12,776.54 ↑ +13%
UHC All Payer $13,340.21 ↑ +18%
Cigna All Plans $14,091.77 ↑ +25%
Zelis PPO $15,031.22 ↑ +33%
PHCS PPO $15,970.67 ↑ +42%
Health Management Network All Plans $16,910.12 ↑ +50%
Pronet PPO $16,910.12 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO $16,910.12 ↑ +50%
Humana All Plans $16,910.12 ↑ +50%

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