Tc-99m medronate at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline
600 Elizabeth St, Corpus Christi, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1689641680
$155.78
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.
$778.89
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.
$31.04 with Humana vs $662.05 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 |
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| Humana | Choicecare | $31.04 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $32.25 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $38.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $41.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $41.96 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $45.84 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $59.19 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Superior | Star KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $93.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $101.25 | ↓ -35% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $101.25 | ↓ -35% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $116.83 | ↓ -25% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $163.56 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | MM | $179.14 | ↑ +15% |
| Molina | Star KM | $233.66 | ↑ +50% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $233.66 | ↑ +50% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $233.66 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | New Business | $303.76 | ↑ +95% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $311.55 | ↑ +100% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $311.55 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $350.50 | ↑ +125% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $389.44 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | PPO | $451.75 | ↑ +190% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $467.33 | ↑ +200% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $506.27 | ↑ +225% |
| First Health | PPO | $506.27 | ↑ +225% |
| Phcs | PPO | $545.22 | ↑ +250% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $545.22 | ↑ +250% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $545.22 | ↑ +250% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $584.16 | ↑ +275% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $623.11 | ↑ +300% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $623.11 | ↑ +300% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $623.11 | ↑ +300% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $662.05 | ↑ +325% |
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Tc-99m medronate at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $1,048.89 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,099.56 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $384.78 | $14.12 – $824.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $61.25 | $11.66 – $175.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $82.78 | $17.87 – $425.70 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $132.45 | $27.71 – $794.70 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $903.13 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $61.25 | $14.12 – $175.00 |