Tc-99m labeled rbc at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline
600 Elizabeth St, Corpus Christi, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1689641680
$2,005.46
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.
$10,027.30
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.
$105.45 with United Healthcare vs $4,261.60 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 | HIX | $105.45 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $105.45 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $223.04 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $231.64 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $279.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $295.84 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $301.42 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $329.33 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Star KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $601.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $651.77 | ↓ -68% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $651.77 | ↓ -68% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $752.04 | ↓ -63% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $1,052.86 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | MM | $1,153.13 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $1,504.09 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $1,504.09 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Star KM | $1,504.09 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | New Business | $1,955.32 | ↓ -3% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $2,005.46 | ↑ +0% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $2,005.46 | ↑ +0% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $2,256.14 | ↑ +12% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $2,506.82 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,907.91 | ↑ +45% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $3,008.19 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | PPO | $3,258.87 | ↑ +62% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $3,258.87 | ↑ +62% |
| Phcs | PPO | $3,509.55 | ↑ +75% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $3,509.55 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3,509.55 | ↑ +75% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $3,760.23 | ↑ +87% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $4,010.92 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $4,010.92 | ↑ +100% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $4,010.92 | ↑ +100% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $4,261.60 | ↑ +112% |
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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $1,694.75 | $179.67 – $1,091.66 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $2,584.00 | $179.67 – $1,091.66 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $2,682.67 | $179.67 – $1,091.66 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $381.15 | $83.73 – $1,089.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $99.40 | $72.37 – $511.20 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $134.82 | $94.91 – $646.20 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $1,460.79 | $179.67 – $1,091.66 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $381.15 | $100.00 – $1,089.00 |