Aminolevulinic acid, 10% gel at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Kleberg

1311 General East Cavazos Blvd, Kingsville, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1093783391

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$1.74 with Coventry vs $24.65 with Christus Health — 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
Coventry First Health MM $1.74
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1.74
Triwest VA MM $1.74
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1.74
Allwell Superior Health MM $1.74
Superior Star Plus MM $1.74
Aetna MM $1.74
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1.74
Humana Gold Choice MM $1.74
Humana Gold Plus MM $1.74
Humana BH MM $1.74
Texas Healthspring MM $1.74
United Healthcare MM $1.74
Wellcare MM $1.74
United Healthcare HIX $1.78
United Healthcare All Payer $1.78
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1.79
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1.83
US Imaging Network PPO $1.86
Amerigroup MM $1.88
Devoted Health Plan MM $1.88
Imperial Health Plan MM $1.91
ProCare Advantage MM $1.91
American Health Medicare AdvantageMM $1.91
Aetna New Business $3.08
Aetna PPO $3.42
Aetna POS $3.42
Aetna HMO $3.42
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3.48
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $3.95
Cigna PPO $5.36
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $6.09
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $6.51
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $6.86
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $7.28
Christus Health HIX $24.65
Superior Star KM not published by hospital
Superior Star Kids KM not published by hospital
Health Management Network PPO not published by hospital
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM not published by hospital
Five Point Credit Union PPO not published by hospital
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM not published by hospital
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM not published by hospital
Healthsmart Accel PPO not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM not published by hospital
United Healthcare Star Kids KM not published by hospital
United Healthcare Star KM not published by hospital
United Healthcare Star Plus KM not published by hospital
United Healthcare Chip KM not published by hospital
Provider Select PPO not published by hospital
Humana Choicecare not published by hospital
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM not published by hospital
Molina Chip KM not published by hospital
First Health PPO not published by hospital
Molina Star Plus KM not published by hospital
Molina Star KM not published by hospital
Multiplan PPO not published by hospital
HealthSmart PPO not published by hospital
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM not published by hospital
Beech Street PPO not published by hospital
Cigna New Business not published by hospital
Healthcare Highways PPO not published by hospital
Phcs PPO not published by hospital
Superior Chip KM not published by hospital
Superior Star Plus KM not published by hospital
Superior Foster Care KM not published by hospital

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Aminolevulinic acid, 10% gel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $5.51 – $5.51
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1.78 – $15.78
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.78 – $15.78
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $5.35 – $6.34
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1.79 – $15.78
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1.79 – $15.78
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1.78 – $15.78
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $1.78 – $15.78

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