Tc-99m mebrofenin 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

$107.09

Cash price

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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.

$535.44

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.

$64.25 with Superior vs $455.12 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
Superior Star Plus KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Superior Star Kids KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Superior Star KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Superior Foster Care KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Superior Chip KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Chip KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Star KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $64.25 ↓ -40%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $69.60 ↓ -35%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $69.60 ↓ -35%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $80.31 ↓ -25%
Christus Health HIX $112.44 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HIX $113.46 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare All Payer $113.46 ↑ +6%
Aetna MM $123.15 ↑ +15%
Humana Choicecare $132.10 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $137.20 ↑ +28%
Molina Star KM $160.63 ↑ +50%
Molina Chip KM $160.63 ↑ +50%
Molina Star Plus KM $160.63 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $165.30 ↑ +54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $175.22 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $178.52 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $195.05 ↑ +82%
Cigna New Business $208.82 ↑ +95%
Amerigroup MM $214.17 ↑ +100%
Imperial Health Plan MM $214.17 ↑ +100%
Healthcare Highways PPO $240.94 ↑ +125%
Devoted Health Plan MM $267.72 ↑ +150%
Cigna PPO $310.55 ↑ +190%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $321.26 ↑ +200%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $348.03 ↑ +225%
First Health PPO $348.03 ↑ +225%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $374.80 ↑ +250%
Multiplan PPO $374.80 ↑ +250%
Phcs PPO $374.80 ↑ +250%
Beech Street PPO $401.58 ↑ +275%
Health Management Network PPO $428.35 ↑ +300%
HealthSmart PPO $428.35 ↑ +300%
Provider Select PPO $428.35 ↑ +300%
Triwest VA MM $455.12 ↑ +325%

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HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $893.78 $108.00 – $646.54
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $108.00 – $646.54
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St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $71.05 $51.73 – $365.40
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HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $769.84 $108.00 – $646.54

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