2019-ncov diagnostic p at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Alice
2500 E Main St, Alice, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1003885641
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$9.90 with United Healthcare vs $184.63 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | All Payer | $9.90 | — |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $12.93 | — |
| Molina | Chip KM | $35.92 | — |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $35.92 | — |
| Molina | Star KM | $35.92 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $35.92 | — |
| Superior | Chip KM | $35.92 | — |
| Superior | Star KM | $35.92 | — |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $35.92 | — |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $35.92 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $35.92 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $36.64 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $36.64 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $36.64 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $37.36 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $37.36 | — |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $37.36 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $37.36 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $37.72 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $37.72 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $38.47 | — |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $38.47 | — |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $38.47 | — |
| Humana | BH MM | $38.47 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $38.47 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $38.47 | — |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $38.47 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $38.47 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $38.47 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $38.47 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $38.47 | — |
| Triwest | VA MM | $38.47 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $38.47 | — |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $38.47 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $39.62 | — |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $39.62 | — |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $40.39 | — |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $41.16 | — |
| Amerigroup | MM | $41.55 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $41.55 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $42.32 | — |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $42.32 | — |
| American Health Medicare | AdvantageMM | $42.32 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $53.86 | — |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $76.94 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $142.96 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $154.46 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $165.59 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $173.85 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $184.63 | — |
| Phcs | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HealthSmart | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Management Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Provider Select | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Choicecare | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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2019-ncov diagnostic p at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $85.40 | $28.66 – $183.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $12.95 | $5.55 – $93.39 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $49.37 | $35.92 – $68.25 |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon | San Antonio | $135.30 | $9.90 – $71.84 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $32.33 – $138.29 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $35.92 – $37.72 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $29.57 – $75.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $33.19 – $52.08 |