Gemcitabine 1 gram intravenous 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

$897.40

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.

$1,495.67

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.

$4.20 with Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) vs $721.29 with Presbyterian Health Plan (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
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) KM $4.20 ↓ -100%
BCBS-NM KM $4.20 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare KM $4.20 ↓ -100%
Molina KM $4.62 ↓ -99%
BCBS - NM HMO $32.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna MM $33.03 ↓ -96%
Western Sky Centennial Care MM $35.91 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Western Sky HIX $35.91 ↓ -96%
BCBS - NM HIX $35.99 ↓ -96%
BCBS - NM BCBS NM $39.38 ↓ -96%
Molina MM $43.09 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $43.09 ↓ -95%
Christus Health HIX $57.46 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MM $71.82 ↓ -92%
Molina HIX $97.68 ↓ -89%
UHC All Payer $101.99 ↓ -89%
Cigna All Plans $107.73 ↓ -88%
Zelis PPO $114.92 ↓ -87%
Triwest Medicare PFFS MM $122.10 ↓ -86%
Triwest VA MM $122.10 ↓ -86%
PHCS PPO $122.10 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $122.10 ↓ -86%
Humana All Plans $129.28 ↓ -86%
Health Management Network All Plans $129.28 ↓ -86%
Aetna PPO $129.28 ↓ -86%
Pronet PPO $129.28 ↓ -86%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) HMO $721.29 ↓ -20%

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