Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb 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

$2.93

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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.

$14.67

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.

$0.06 with Humana vs $12.46 with Triwest — 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
Humana Choicecare $0.06 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare HIX $0.10 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare All Payer $0.10 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $0.15 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $0.16 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $0.17 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $0.18 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $0.19 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $1.17 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star KM $1.17 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $1.17 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Chip KM $1.17 ↓ -60%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Superior Star KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Superior Foster Care KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Plus KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Superior Chip KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Kids KM $2.05 ↓ -30%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $2.20 ↓ -25%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2.20 ↓ -25%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $2.20 ↓ -25%
Christus Health HIX $3.08 ↑ +5%
Aetna MM $3.37 ↑ +15%
Molina Star KM $4.40 ↑ +50%
Molina Star Plus KM $4.40 ↑ +50%
Molina Chip KM $4.40 ↑ +50%
Imperial Health Plan MM $5.86 ↑ +100%
Amerigroup MM $5.86 ↑ +100%
Cigna New Business $5.86 ↑ +100%
Healthcare Highways PPO $6.60 ↑ +125%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7.33 ↑ +150%
Cigna PPO $8.50 ↑ +190%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $8.80 ↑ +200%
Aetna New Business $9.09 ↑ +210%
First Health PPO $9.53 ↑ +225%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $9.53 ↑ +225%
Aetna HMO $10.12 ↑ +245%
Aetna PPO $10.12 ↑ +245%
Aetna POS $10.12 ↑ +245%
Phcs PPO $10.26 ↑ +250%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $10.26 ↑ +250%
Multiplan PPO $10.26 ↑ +250%
Beech Street PPO $11.00 ↑ +275%
Provider Select PPO $11.73 ↑ +300%
HealthSmart PPO $11.73 ↑ +300%
Health Management Network PPO $11.73 ↑ +300%
Triwest VA MM $12.46 ↑ +325%

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