Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$431.57

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.

$2,157.84

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.

$51.62 with Christus Health vs $575.42 with HealthSmart — 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
Christus Health Med Adv MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Allwell Superior Health MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Plus MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Humana BH MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Texas Healthspring MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Wellcare MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Coventry First Health MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Choice MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Triwest VA MM $51.62 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare HIX $53.08 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Payer $53.08 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Kids KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Star KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
Molina Star KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Chip KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Foster Care KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
Molina Chip KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
Molina Star Plus KM $53.08 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $53.17 ↓ -88%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $53.17 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $54.14 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $54.14 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $54.14 ↓ -87%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $54.20 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $54.55 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Chip KM $54.55 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $54.55 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star KM $54.55 ↓ -87%
US Imaging Network PPO $55.23 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $55.73 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $55.73 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MM $55.75 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Plan MM $55.75 ↓ -87%
Imperial Health Plan MM $56.78 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage MM $56.78 ↓ -87%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $56.78 ↓ -87%
Christus Health HIX $72.27 ↓ -83%
Aetna New Business $80.76 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $89.79 ↓ -79%
Aetna PPO $89.79 ↓ -79%
Aetna POS $89.79 ↓ -79%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $103.24 ↓ -76%
Humana Choicecare $108.89 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $154.90 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $186.63 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $197.83 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $201.56 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $220.22 ↓ -49%
Cigna New Business $287.71 ↓ -33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $323.67 ↓ -25%
Cigna PPO $417.18 ↓ -3%
First Health PPO $467.53 ↑ +8%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $467.53 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO $503.49 ↑ +17%
Phcs PPO $503.49 ↑ +17%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $503.49 ↑ +17%
Beech Street PPO $539.46 ↑ +25%
Health Management Network PPO $575.42 ↑ +33%
Provider Select PPO $575.42 ↑ +33%
HealthSmart PPO $575.42 ↑ +33%

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