Inj meropenem (wg crit care) 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

$290.69

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.

$484.49

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.

$1.74 with Christus Health vs $436.04 with Aetna — 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 Med Adv MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) Senior Plan MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Western Sky Centennial Care MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Allwell Superior Medicare Adantage $1.74 ↓ -99%
Humana MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Humana Senior Health Plan MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Triwest Medicare PFFS MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Washington National Supp MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Aetna MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Triwest VA MM $1.74 ↓ -99%
Molina KM $1.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS - NM MM $1.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $1.79 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1.83 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1.83 ↓ -99%
Molina MM $1.83 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MM $2.00 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Western Sky HIX $3.48 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare KM $72.67 ↓ -75%
Christus Health HIX $193.79 ↓ -33%
BCBS - NM HIX $242.24 ↓ -17%
BCBS - NM HMO $242.24 ↓ -17%
BCBS - NM BCBS NM $266.46 ↓ -8%
Molina HIX $329.45 ↑ +13%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) HMO $339.14 ↑ +17%
UHC All Payer $343.98 ↑ +18%
Cigna All Plans $363.36 ↑ +25%
Zelis PPO $387.59 ↑ +33%
PHCS PPO $411.81 ↑ +42%
Humana All Plans $436.04 ↑ +50%
Pronet PPO $436.04 ↑ +50%
Health Management Network All Plans $436.04 ↑ +50%
Aetna PPO $436.04 ↑ +50%

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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other New-mexico hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Alamogordo not published $1.68 – $2.52

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