Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville

1500 E Houston St, Beeville, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1447228747

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

$57.10

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.

$285.48

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.

$1.60 with United Healthcare vs $228.38 with HealthSmart — 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 All Payer $1.60 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare HIX $1.60 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Humana BH MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Triwest VA MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Texas Healthspring MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Allwell Superior Health MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Aetna MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Coventry First Health MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Plus MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MM $1.67 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1.72 ↓ -97%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $1.72 ↓ -97%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1.75 ↓ -97%
US Imaging Network PPO $1.79 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1.80 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MM $1.80 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MM $1.84 ↓ -97%
American Health Medicare AdvantageMM $1.84 ↓ -97%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1.84 ↓ -97%
Christus Health HIX $2.34 ↓ -96%
Aetna New Business $2.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna POS $3.28 ↓ -94%
Aetna HMO $3.28 ↓ -94%
Aetna PPO $3.28 ↓ -94%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3.34 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $5.16 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $5.27 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $5.66 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $6.09 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $6.43 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $6.80 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $22.83 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star KM $22.83 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $22.83 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Chip KM $22.83 ↓ -60%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Superior Chip KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Plus KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Superior Foster Care KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Superior Star KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Kids KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $39.96 ↓ -30%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $42.82 ↓ -25%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $42.82 ↓ -25%
Molina Star Plus KM $85.64 ↑ +50%
Molina Star KM $85.64 ↑ +50%
Molina Chip KM $85.64 ↑ +50%
Cigna New Business $114.19 ↑ +100%
Healthcare Highways PPO $128.46 ↑ +125%
Humana Choicecare $142.74 ↑ +150%
First Health PPO $185.56 ↑ +225%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $185.56 ↑ +225%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $199.83 ↑ +250%
Phcs PPO $199.83 ↑ +250%
Multiplan PPO $199.83 ↑ +250%
Beech Street PPO $214.11 ↑ +275%
Provider Select PPO $228.38 ↑ +300%
Health Management Network PPO $228.38 ↑ +300%
HealthSmart PPO $228.38 ↑ +300%

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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $136.35 $1.60 – $3.92
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $239.04 $5.68 – $5.68
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $245.43 $1.57 – $3.92
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $219.13 $1.60 – $3.92
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $104.12 $97.18 – $624.68
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97

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