Tobramycin non-comp unit 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

$10.21

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$51.03

Gross charge

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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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$5.50 with Driscoll Children's Health Plan vs $196.93 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — 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
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Superior Star Kids KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Chip KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Star KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Star Kids KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Superior Star KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Superior Chip KM $5.50 ↓ -46%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5.95 ↓ -42%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5.95 ↓ -42%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6.87 ↓ -33%
Christus Health HIX $9.62 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare All Payer $13.75 ↑ +35%
Molina Chip KM $13.75 ↑ +35%
Molina Star Plus KM $13.75 ↑ +35%
Molina Star KM $13.75 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare HIX $13.75 ↑ +35%
Cigna New Business $18.33 ↑ +80%
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.33 ↑ +80%
Amerigroup MM $18.33 ↑ +80%
Healthcare Highways PPO $20.62 ↑ +102%
Devoted Health Plan MM $22.92 ↑ +124%
Cigna PPO $27.04 ↑ +165%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $27.50 ↑ +169%
Aetna New Business $28.64 ↑ +181%
Aetna MM $29.18 ↑ +186%
First Health PPO $29.79 ↑ +192%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $29.79 ↑ +192%
Aetna HMO $31.84 ↑ +212%
Aetna PPO $31.84 ↑ +212%
Aetna POS $31.84 ↑ +212%
Multiplan PPO $32.08 ↑ +214%
Phcs PPO $32.08 ↑ +214%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $32.08 ↑ +214%
Beech Street PPO $34.38 ↑ +237%
Provider Select PPO $36.67 ↑ +259%
Health Management Network PPO $36.67 ↑ +259%
HealthSmart PPO $36.67 ↑ +259%
Triwest VA MM $38.96 ↑ +282%
Humana Choicecare $76.38 ↑ +648%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $138.52 ↑ +1257%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $166.89 ↑ +1535%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $176.90 ↑ +1633%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $180.24 ↑ +1665%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $196.93 ↑ +1829%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $143.38 $2.51 – $74.25
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