Instill, bupivac and meloxic 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

$2,134.11

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.

$3,556.85

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.

$0.81 with Christus Health vs $96.92 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 $0.81 ↓ -100%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) Senior Plan MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Western Sky Centennial Care MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Allwell Superior Medicare Adantage $0.81 ↓ -100%
Humana MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Humana Senior Health Plan MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Triwest Medicare PFFS MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Washington National Supp MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Aetna MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Triwest VA MM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Molina KM $0.81 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM $0.83 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NM MM $0.83 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $0.85 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health Plan MM $0.85 ↓ -100%
Molina MM $0.85 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MM $0.93 ↓ -100%
Ambetter Western Sky HIX $1.62 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare KM $16.15 ↓ -99%
Christus Health HIX $43.07 ↓ -98%
BCBS - NM HIX $53.84 ↓ -97%
BCBS - NM HMO $53.84 ↓ -97%
BCBS - NM BCBS NM $59.22 ↓ -97%
Molina HIX $73.22 ↓ -97%
Presbyterian Health Plan (NM) HMO $75.38 ↓ -96%
UHC All Payer $76.45 ↓ -96%
Cigna All Plans $80.76 ↓ -96%
Zelis PPO $86.15 ↓ -96%
PHCS PPO $91.53 ↓ -96%
Humana All Plans $96.92 ↓ -95%
Pronet PPO $96.92 ↓ -95%
Health Management Network All Plans $96.92 ↓ -95%
Aetna PPO $96.92 ↓ -95%

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