Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline

600 Elizabeth St, Corpus Christi, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1689641680

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

$152.26

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.

$761.28

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.

$19.06 with United Healthcare vs $161.77 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 All Payer $19.06 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare HIX $19.06 ↓ -87%
Superior Chip KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Chip KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Star KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Superior Star KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Kids KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Superior Foster Care KM $22.83 ↓ -85%
Aetna MM $23.93 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $24.74 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $24.74 ↓ -84%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $28.54 ↓ -81%
Aetna New Business $38.70 ↓ -75%
Christus Health HIX $39.96 ↓ -74%
Humana Choicecare $42.29 ↓ -72%
Aetna POS $43.02 ↓ -72%
Aetna PPO $43.02 ↓ -72%
Aetna HMO $43.02 ↓ -72%
Molina Star Plus KM $57.09 ↓ -63%
Molina Star KM $57.09 ↓ -63%
Molina Chip KM $57.09 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $62.67 ↓ -59%
Cigna PPO $67.49 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $75.51 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup MM $76.12 ↓ -50%
Imperial Health Plan MM $76.12 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business $76.12 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $80.04 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $81.55 ↓ -46%
Healthcare Highways PPO $85.64 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $89.10 ↓ -41%
Devoted Health Plan MM $95.16 ↓ -38%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $114.19 ↓ -25%
First Health PPO $123.70 ↓ -19%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $123.70 ↓ -19%
Phcs PPO $133.22 ↓ -13%
Multiplan PPO $133.22 ↓ -13%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $133.22 ↓ -13%
Beech Street PPO $142.74 ↓ -6%
Provider Select PPO $152.25 ↓ -0%
Health Management Network PPO $152.25 ↓ -0%
HealthSmart PPO $152.25 ↓ -0%
Triwest VA MM $161.77 ↑ +6%

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