Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

$64.78

Cash price

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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.

$323.88

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.

$3.81 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas vs $97.82 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $3.81 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $4.59 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $4.87 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $4.96 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $5.42 ↓ -92%
Aetna MM $6.89 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare HIX $8.44 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.44 ↓ -87%
Humana Choicecare $10.11 ↓ -84%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Superior Star KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Superior Chip KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Chip KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Kids KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Superior Foster Care KM $13.81 ↓ -79%
Aetna New Business $14.59 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $14.96 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $14.96 ↓ -77%
Aetna POS $16.22 ↓ -75%
Aetna PPO $16.22 ↓ -75%
Aetna HMO $16.22 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $17.26 ↓ -73%
Christus Health HIX $24.16 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO $25.45 ↓ -61%
Molina Chip KM $34.52 ↓ -47%
Molina Star Plus KM $34.52 ↓ -47%
Molina Star KM $34.52 ↓ -47%
Imperial Health Plan MM $46.03 ↓ -29%
Amerigroup MM $46.03 ↓ -29%
Cigna New Business $46.03 ↓ -29%
Healthcare Highways PPO $51.79 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health Plan MM $57.54 ↓ -11%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $69.05 ↑ +7%
First Health PPO $74.80 ↑ +15%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $74.80 ↑ +15%
Phcs PPO $80.56 ↑ +24%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $80.56 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO $80.56 ↑ +24%
Beech Street PPO $86.31 ↑ +33%
Provider Select PPO $92.07 ↑ +42%
Health Management Network PPO $92.07 ↑ +42%
HealthSmart PPO $92.07 ↑ +42%
Triwest VA MM $97.82 ↑ +51%

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