Inj sulf hexa lipid microsph 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

$667.76

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.

$1,112.93

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.

$33.06 with United Healthcare vs $667.76 with Pronet — 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
United Healthcare KM $33.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS-NM KM $33.06 ↓ -95%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) KM $33.06 ↓ -95%
Molina KM $36.37 ↓ -95%
Aetna MM $170.65 ↓ -74%
BCBS - NM HMO $171.58 ↓ -74%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) HMO $171.91 ↓ -74%
Western Sky Centennial Care MM $185.49 ↓ -72%
Ambetter Western Sky HIX $185.49 ↓ -72%
BCBS - NM HIX $189.76 ↓ -72%
BCBS - NM BCBS NM $207.62 ↓ -69%
Molina MM $222.58 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $222.58 ↓ -67%
Christus Health HIX $296.78 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health Plan MM $370.98 ↓ -44%
Molina HIX $504.53 ↓ -24%
UHC All Payer $526.79 ↓ -21%
Cigna All Plans $556.47 ↓ -17%
Zelis PPO $593.56 ↓ -11%
Triwest VA MM $630.66 ↓ -6%
PHCS PPO $630.66 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $630.66 ↓ -6%
Triwest Medicare PFFS MM $630.66 ↓ -6%
Humana All Plans $667.76 ↑ +0%
Health Management Network All Plans $667.76 ↑ +0%
Aetna PPO $667.76 ↑ +0%
Pronet PPO $667.76 ↑ +0%

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Inj sulf hexa lipid microsph at other New-mexico hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Alamogordo not published $33.06 – $36.37

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