Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk 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

$85.18

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$425.88

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$1.57 with United Healthcare vs $20.99 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

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

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 HIX $1.57 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare All Payer $1.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna MM $1.92 ↓ -98%
Aetna New Business $2.34 ↓ -97%
Aetna POS $2.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna PPO $2.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna HMO $2.61 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Kids KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Superior Chip KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Chip KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $2.96 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $3.21 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $3.21 ↓ -96%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.70 ↓ -96%
Humana Choicecare $3.86 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $4.10 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $4.38 ↓ -95%
Christus Health HIX $5.18 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $5.28 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $5.60 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $5.70 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $6.23 ↓ -93%
Molina Star Plus KM $7.41 ↓ -91%
Molina Star KM $7.41 ↓ -91%
Molina Chip KM $7.41 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MM $9.88 ↓ -88%
Cigna New Business $9.88 ↓ -88%
Imperial Health Plan MM $9.88 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways PPO $11.11 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Plan MM $12.35 ↓ -86%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $14.82 ↓ -83%
First Health PPO $16.05 ↓ -81%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $16.05 ↓ -81%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $17.29 ↓ -80%
Multiplan PPO $17.29 ↓ -80%
Phcs PPO $17.29 ↓ -80%
Beech Street PPO $18.52 ↓ -78%
HealthSmart PPO $19.76 ↓ -77%
Health Management Network PPO $19.76 ↓ -77%
Provider Select PPO $19.76 ↓ -77%
Triwest VA MM $20.99 ↓ -75%

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Milrinone 20 mg/100 ml(200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggybk at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $131.14 $6.78 – $6.78
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $115.20 $1.30 – $31.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $115.20 $1.30 – $33.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $115.20 $1.30 – $28.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $115.20 $1.30 – $31.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $115.20 $1.30 – $33.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $115.20 $1.30 – $33.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $115.20 $1.30 – $33.75

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