Albuterol comp unit at CHRISTUS Children's Hospital

333 N Santa Rosa St, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1821004151

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 12, 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.

$0.81 with Humana vs $0.81 with Humana — 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
Humana Choicecare $0.81
Provider Select PPO not published by hospital
United Healthcare Chip KM not published by hospital
United Healthcare Star Plus KM not published by hospital
United Healthcare Star KM not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna EPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna POS not published by hospital
Aetna Chip KM not published by hospital
Aetna Star KM not published by hospital
First Health PPO not published by hospital
Molina Chip KM not published by hospital
Molina Star Plus KM not published by hospital
Multiplan PPO not published by hospital
HealthSmart PPO not published by hospital
HealthSmart Accel PPO not published by hospital
Amerigroup Chip KM not published by hospital
Amerigroup Star Plus KM not published by hospital
Amerigroup Star KM not published by hospital
Amerigroup Star Kids KM not published by hospital
Beech Street PPO not published by hospital
Cigna 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
Superior Star KM not published by hospital
Superior Star Kids KM not published by hospital
Health Management Network PPO 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Advantage HMO not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB not published by hospital
Christian Brothers Services PPO not published by hospital
Community First Chip KM not published by hospital
Community First Star KM not published by hospital
Community First Star Kids KM not published by hospital
Community First Health Plan HMO not published by hospital
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM not published by hospital
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM not published by hospital
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM not published by hospital
El Paso First KM not published by hospital
First Care KM not published by hospital
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO not published by hospital
UHC All Payer not published by hospital
National Choicecare PPO not published by hospital

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Albuterol comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $0.39 – $0.39
CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview Longview not published $0.16 – $0.18
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $0.20 – $3.21
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.20 – $3.21
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $0.37 – $0.40
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $0.20 – $3.21
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $0.20 – $3.21
CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont Beaumont not published $0.39 – $0.69

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