Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$5,464.41

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.

$9,107.35

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.

$3.13 with Washington National vs $2,049.15 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
Washington National Supp MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) Senior Plan MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Western Sky Centennial Care MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Aetna MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Triwest Medicare PFFS MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Triwest VA MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Allwell Superior Medicare Adantage $3.13 ↓ -100%
Humana MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
Humana Senior Health Plan MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $3.13 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NM MM $3.19 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $3.22 ↓ -100%
Molina MM $3.29 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3.29 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3.29 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MM $3.60 ↓ -100%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) KM $3.73 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare KM $3.73 ↓ -100%
BCBS-NM KM $3.73 ↓ -100%
Molina KM $4.10 ↓ -100%
Ambetter Western Sky HIX $6.26 ↓ -100%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) HMO $15.86 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NM HMO $16.45 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NM HIX $18.20 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NM BCBS NM $19.91 ↓ -100%
Christus Health HIX $910.73 ↓ -83%
Molina HIX $1,548.25 ↓ -72%
UHC All Payer $1,616.55 ↓ -70%
Cigna All Plans $1,707.63 ↓ -69%
Zelis PPO $1,821.47 ↓ -67%
PHCS PPO $1,935.31 ↓ -65%
Health Management Network All Plans $2,049.15 ↓ -63%
Pronet PPO $2,049.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna PPO $2,049.15 ↓ -63%
Humana All Plans $2,049.15 ↓ -63%

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