Tc-99m medronate 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

$72.32

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.

$361.61

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.

$28.92 with United Healthcare vs $307.36 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
United Healthcare Chip KM $28.92 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $28.92 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star KM $28.92 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $28.92 ↓ -60%
Humana Choicecare $31.04 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $38.33 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $41.18 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $44.29 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $46.75 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $49.47 ↓ -32%
Superior Star Plus KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Kids KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Superior Star KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Superior Chip KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Superior Foster Care KM $50.62 ↓ -30%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $54.24 ↓ -25%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $54.24 ↓ -25%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $54.24 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare All Payer $59.19 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare HIX $59.19 ↓ -18%
Christus Health HIX $75.93 ↑ +5%
Aetna MM $83.17 ↑ +15%
Molina Star Plus KM $108.48 ↑ +50%
Molina Chip KM $108.48 ↑ +50%
Molina Star KM $108.48 ↑ +50%
Cigna New Business $141.02 ↑ +95%
Amerigroup MM $144.64 ↑ +100%
Imperial Health Plan MM $144.64 ↑ +100%
Healthcare Highways PPO $162.72 ↑ +125%
Devoted Health Plan MM $180.80 ↑ +150%
Cigna PPO $209.73 ↑ +190%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $216.96 ↑ +200%
First Health PPO $235.04 ↑ +225%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $235.04 ↑ +225%
Phcs PPO $253.12 ↑ +250%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $253.12 ↑ +250%
Multiplan PPO $253.12 ↑ +250%
Beech Street PPO $271.20 ↑ +275%
HealthSmart PPO $289.28 ↑ +300%
Health Management Network PPO $289.28 ↑ +300%
Provider Select PPO $289.28 ↑ +300%
Triwest VA MM $307.36 ↑ +325%

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Tc-99m medronate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,048.89 $25.38 – $151.94
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,099.56 $25.38 – $151.94
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $384.78 $14.12 – $824.52
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $61.25 $11.66 – $175.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $82.78 $17.87 – $425.70
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $132.45 $27.71 – $794.70
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $903.13 $25.38 – $151.94
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $61.25 $14.12 – $175.00

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