Speech and Language Evaluation (comprehensive) at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Alice

2500 E Main St, Alice, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1003885641

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$141.00 with United Healthcare vs $716.78 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.

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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 HIX $141.00 —
United Healthcare All Payer $178.00 —
Humana Choicecare $183.00 —
Aetna MM $224.45 —
Cigna New Business $273.00 —
Cigna PPO $335.00 —
Aetna New Business $371.00 —
Aetna POS $412.00 —
Aetna PPO $412.00 —
Aetna HMO $412.00 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $465.21 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $602.97 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $646.90 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $680.84 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $716.78 —
HealthSmart PPO not published by hospital —
Imperial Health Plan MM not published by hospital —
Molina Chip KM not published by hospital —
Molina Star KM not published by hospital —
Molina Star Plus KM not published by hospital —
Multiplan PPO not published by hospital —
Naphcare Inc. RRMB not published by hospital —
Phcs PPO not published by hospital —
Provider Select PPO not published by hospital —
Superior Chip KM not published by hospital —
Superior Foster Care KM not published by hospital —
Superior Star Kids KM not published by hospital —
Superior Star KM not published by hospital —
Superior Star Plus KM not published by hospital —
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM not published by hospital —
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM not published by hospital —
Triwest VA MM not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Chip KM not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Star Kids KM not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Star KM not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Star Plus KM not published by hospital —
Amerigroup MM not published by hospital —
Beech Street PPO not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM not published by hospital —
Christus Health HIX not published by hospital —
Christus Health Med Adv MM not published by hospital —
Devoted Health Plan MM not published by hospital —
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM not published by hospital —
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM not published by hospital —
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM not published by hospital —
First Health PPO not published by hospital —
Five Point Credit Union PPO not published by hospital —
Healthcare Highways PPO not published by hospital —
Health Management Network PPO not published by hospital —
Healthsmart Accel PPO not published by hospital —

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