Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus 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

$42.13

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$210.65

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.62 with United Healthcare vs $23.67 with Triwest — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
United Healthcare HIX $0.62 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare All Payer $0.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna MM $0.66 ↓ -98%
Humana Choicecare $1.09 ↓ -97%
Aetna New Business $1.13 ↓ -97%
Aetna HMO $1.25 ↓ -97%
Aetna POS $1.25 ↓ -97%
Aetna PPO $1.25 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $1.95 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $2.22 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star KM $2.22 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $2.22 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Chip KM $2.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Star Kids KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Superior Star KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Superior Foster Care KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Superior Star Plus KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Superior Chip KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $3.89 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $4.17 ↓ -90%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4.17 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $4.17 ↓ -90%
Christus Health HIX $5.84 ↓ -86%
Molina Chip KM $8.35 ↓ -80%
Molina Star KM $8.35 ↓ -80%
Molina Star Plus KM $8.35 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $11.01 ↓ -74%
Cigna New Business $11.14 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup MM $11.14 ↓ -74%
Imperial Health Plan MM $11.14 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $11.83 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways PPO $12.53 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $12.72 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $13.43 ↓ -68%
Devoted Health Plan MM $13.92 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $14.21 ↓ -66%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $16.71 ↓ -60%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $18.10 ↓ -57%
First Health PPO $18.10 ↓ -57%
Phcs PPO $19.49 ↓ -54%
Multiplan PPO $19.49 ↓ -54%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $19.49 ↓ -54%
Beech Street PPO $20.88 ↓ -50%
HealthSmart PPO $22.28 ↓ -47%
Provider Select PPO $22.28 ↓ -47%
Health Management Network PPO $22.28 ↓ -47%
Triwest VA MM $23.67 ↓ -44%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $30.00 $0.77 – $19.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →