Covid-19 convalescent plasma at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos
1301 Wonder World Dr, San Marcos, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1447883301
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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.
$412.47 with Triwest vs $3,152.10 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.
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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| Triwest | VA MM | $412.47 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $412.47 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $412.47 | — |
| Humana | MM | $412.47 | — |
| Washington National | Supp MM | $412.47 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $412.47 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Medicare Advantage | $412.47 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $420.72 | — |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM | $424.84 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $424.84 | — |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $433.09 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $445.47 | — |
| Amerigroup | MM | $445.47 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $577.46 | — |
| Sendero | HMO HIX | $705.32 | — |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $750.50 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star KM | $765.51 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Kids KM | $765.51 | — |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $788.03 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $788.03 | — |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $824.94 | — |
| Superior | Chip KM | $863.08 | — |
| Superior | Star KM | $863.08 | — |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $863.08 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $1,043.55 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $1,831.22 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $2,041.36 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $2,881.92 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $3,152.10 | — |
| Provider Select | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Coventry | First Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Humana | Choicecare | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Management Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Preferred | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | not published by hospital | — |
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Covid-19 convalescent plasma at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $590.80 | $94.00 – $1,688.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $590.80 | $88.00 – $1,688.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $590.80 | $88.00 – $1,688.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $590.80 | $88.00 – $1,688.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $590.80 | $88.00 – $1,688.00 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $2,509.85 | $680.03 – $1,360.06 |
| Methodist Celina Medical Center | Celina | $421.00 | $425.62 – $1,700.08 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $1,317.00 | $680.03 – $2,720.12 |