Csf ventriculography at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Kleberg
1311 General East Cavazos Blvd, Kingsville, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1093783391
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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.
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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.
$272.39 with Texas Healthspring vs $2,692.00 with United Healthcare — 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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| Texas Healthspring | MM | $272.39 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $339.51 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $339.51 | — |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $339.51 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $339.51 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $544.77 | — |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $544.77 | — |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $544.77 | — |
| Humana | BH MM | $544.77 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $544.77 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $544.77 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $544.77 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $544.77 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $544.77 | — |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $544.77 | — |
| Triwest | VA MM | $544.77 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $544.77 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $544.77 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $561.11 | — |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $572.01 | — |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $582.90 | — |
| Amerigroup | MM | $588.35 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $588.35 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $599.25 | — |
| American Health Medicare | AdvantageMM | $599.25 | — |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $599.25 | — |
| Superior | Star KM | $635.67 | — |
| Molina | Chip KM | $635.67 | — |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $635.67 | — |
| Molina | Star KM | $635.67 | — |
| Superior | Chip KM | $635.67 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $635.67 | — |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $635.67 | — |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $635.67 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $635.67 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $648.38 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $648.38 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $648.38 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare | $666.55 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $667.45 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $667.45 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $948.35 | — |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $1,089.54 | — |
| Cigna | New Business | $1,115.31 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $1,185.44 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $1,271.95 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $1,332.82 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,365.91 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $1,409.72 | — |
| United Healthcare | HIX | $2,003.00 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $2,066.68 | — |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $2,692.00 | — |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Management Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Phcs | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HealthSmart | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Provider Select | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Csf ventriculography at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $705.15 | $207.19 – $791.32 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $3,916.77 | $310.03 – $487.83 |
| MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL | Frisco | $4,265.70 | $314.75 – $487.83 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,233.50 – $1,233.50 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $326.45 – $907.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $308.45 – $1,727.59 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $332.13 – $1,727.59 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $1,396.90 – $1,396.90 |