Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline
600 Elizabeth St, Corpus Christi, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1689641680
$49.84
Cash price 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.
$249.19
Gross charge 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.
$0.24 with United Healthcare vs $176.51 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $0.24 | ↓ -100% |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $0.24 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | MM | $0.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | New Business | $0.45 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | PPO | $0.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | POS | $0.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | HMO | $0.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $0.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $0.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $0.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $1.11 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $1.18 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $1.20 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $1.31 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Superior | Star KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $24.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $26.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $26.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $31.14 | ↓ -38% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $43.60 | ↓ -13% |
| Molina | Star KM | $62.29 | ↑ +25% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $62.29 | ↑ +25% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $62.29 | ↑ +25% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $83.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $83.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | New Business | $83.06 | ↑ +67% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $93.44 | ↑ +87% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $103.83 | ↑ +108% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $124.59 | ↑ +150% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $134.97 | ↑ +171% |
| First Health | PPO | $134.97 | ↑ +171% |
| Phcs | PPO | $145.36 | ↑ +192% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $145.36 | ↑ +192% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $145.36 | ↑ +192% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $155.74 | ↑ +212% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $166.12 | ↑ +233% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $166.12 | ↑ +233% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $166.12 | ↑ +233% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $176.51 | ↑ +254% |
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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1.37 | $0.11 – $0.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1.37 | $0.08 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1.37 | $0.08 – $0.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1.37 | $0.10 – $0.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1.37 | $0.12 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1.37 | $0.15 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1.37 | $0.13 – $0.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1.37 | $0.10 – $0.54 |