Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci 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

$120.52

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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.

$602.61

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.

$40.76 with United Healthcare vs $512.21 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
United Healthcare All Payer $40.76 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare HIX $40.76 ↓ -66%
Superior Star Plus KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Superior Star Kids KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Superior Star KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Superior Foster Care KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Superior Chip KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Chip KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Star KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $72.31 ↓ -40%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $78.33 ↓ -35%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $78.33 ↓ -35%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $90.39 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare $95.52 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $124.00 ↑ +3%
Christus Health HIX $126.54 ↑ +5%
Aetna MM $138.60 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $149.40 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $158.36 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $161.35 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $176.29 ↑ +46%
Molina Star Plus KM $180.78 ↑ +50%
Molina Star KM $180.78 ↑ +50%
Molina Chip KM $180.78 ↑ +50%
Cigna New Business $235.01 ↑ +95%
Imperial Health Plan MM $241.04 ↑ +100%
Amerigroup MM $241.04 ↑ +100%
Healthcare Highways PPO $271.17 ↑ +125%
Devoted Health Plan MM $301.30 ↑ +150%
Cigna PPO $349.51 ↑ +190%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $361.56 ↑ +200%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $391.69 ↑ +225%
First Health PPO $391.69 ↑ +225%
Phcs PPO $421.82 ↑ +250%
Multiplan PPO $421.82 ↑ +250%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $421.82 ↑ +250%
Beech Street PPO $451.95 ↑ +275%
Provider Select PPO $482.08 ↑ +300%
Health Management Network PPO $482.08 ↑ +300%
HealthSmart PPO $482.08 ↑ +300%
Triwest VA MM $512.21 ↑ +325%

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Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $300.05 $65.59 – $467.52
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $65.59 – $467.52
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $109.90 $44.82 – $314.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $54.95 $38.49 – $282.60
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $87.37 $34.64 – $513.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $109.90 $54.28 – $314.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $109.90 $54.28 – $314.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $54.95 $38.49 – $266.90

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