Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley prices
Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, TX publishes its standard charges, as every US hospital must under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Below is what its own file lists for common services, next to what it has agreed to accept from insurers.
What Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley publishes for common services
MRI brain, without contrast: listed at $6,943. Insurers pay a median of $211, across 29 insurers.
If you were billed the list price, you may have been charged far more than insurers typically pay. See how to use these numbers below.
| Service | List price | Cash price | Insurers pay (median) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ER visit, level 1 (minor)CPT 99281, listed as "ER Level 1" | $91.80 to $479 | $18.36 to $95.88 | - |
| ER visit, level 2 (low-moderate)CPT 99282, listed as "ER Level 2" | $894 to $1,070 | $179 to $214 | - |
| ER visit, level 3 (moderate)CPT 99283, listed as "ER Level 3" | $1,662 to $2,053 | $332 to $411 | - |
| ER visit, level 4 (high)CPT 99284, listed as "ER Level 4" | $2,487 | $497 | - |
| ER visit, level 5 (critical)CPT 99285, listed as "ER Level 5" | $1,799 to $3,371 | $360 to $674 | - |
| Office visit, established patient, low complexityCPT 99213, listed as "Hchg Evi Estb Patient Level 3" | $712 to $892 | $142 to $178 | - |
| Office visit, established patient, moderate complexityCPT 99214, listed as "Hchg Evi Estb Patient Level 4" | $1,113 to $1,188 | $223 to $238 | - |
| Routine venipuncture (blood draw)CPT 36415, listed as "Venipuncture, Routine" | $26.45 to $77.05 | $5.29 to $15.41 | - |
| Vitamin B12 injectionCPT J3420, listed as "CYANOCOBALAMIN (VIT B-12) 1,000 MCG/ML INJECTION SOLUTION" | $11.50 to $23.75 | $2.30 to $4.75 | - |
| Comprehensive metabolic panelCPT 80053, listed as "Comp Metabolic Panel" | $1,607 | $321 | $8.87$8.87 to $11.43, 32 insurers |
| Basic metabolic panelCPT 80048, listed as "Basic Metabolic Panel" | $1,175 | $235 | $7.11$7.11 to $9.16, 32 insurers |
| CBC with differentialCPT 85025, listed as "Auto Bld Cnt & Auto Diff" | $227 to $286 | $45.31 to $57.27 | $6.53$6.53 to $8.41, 32 insurers |
| Lipid panelCPT 80061, listed as "Lipid Profile" | $1,199 | $240 | $11.25$11.25 to $14.49, 32 insurers |
| Hepatic function panelCPT 80076, listed as "Liver Profile" | $1,428 | $286 | $6.86$6.86 to $8.84, 32 insurers |
| X-ray, ankle, 3 viewsCPT 73610, listed as "Ankle 3 or >Views" | $900 to $1,047 | $180 to $209 | $35.75$35.75 to $35.75, 29 insurers |
| CT abdomen, without contrastCPT 74176, listed as "Hchg CT Pelvis & Abd WO Cont" | $20,536 | $4,107 | $192$192 to $192, 29 insurers |
| CT abdomen and pelvis, with contrastCPT 74177, listed as "Hchg CT Pelvis & Abd W Cont" | $19,712 | $3,942 | $325$325 to $325, 29 insurers |
| CT abdomen and pelvis, with and without contrastCPT 74178, listed as "Hchg CT Pelvis & Abd W/WO Cont" | $30,272 | $6,055 | $364$364 to $364, 29 insurers |
| MRI brain, without contrastCPT 70551, listed as "MRI Brain W/O Contrast" | $6,943 | $1,389 | $211$211 to $211, 29 insurers |
| MRI brain, with and without contrastCPT 70553, listed as "MRI Brain W/O W Contrast" | $16,281 | $3,256 | $347$347 to $347, 29 insurers |
| MRI pelvis, without contrastCPT 72195, listed as "MRI Pelvis W/O Contrast" | $8,066 | $1,613 | $230$230 to $230, 29 insurers |
| MRI pelvis, with and without contrastCPT 72197, listed as "MRI Pelvis W/O W Contrast" | $15,816 | $3,163 | $368$368 to $368, 29 insurers |
| Complete echocardiogram with DopplerCPT 93306, listed as "Hchg 2d Echo With Spectral and Color Flow Doppler; Complete" | $5,310 | $1,062 | - |
| Echocardiogram, completeCPT 93307, listed as "2d Echo Without Spectral or Color Flow Doppler; Complete" | $3,100 | $620 | $133$133 to $133, 29 insurers |
| Electrocardiogram, tracing only (technical component)CPT 93005, listed as "EKG" | $938 | $188 | - |
Source: Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley's standard charges file, which the hospital dated October 6, 2025. Read on September 28, 2026. View the hospital's file (a large data file). Hospitals must publish this file under 45 CFR § 180.
List price
The hospital's full charge (its "gross charge") before any discount. Few people pay it, but it is often the starting point on a bill.
Cash price
What the hospital says it accepts from patients paying without insurance.
Insurers pay
The median of the per-service rates the hospital has negotiated with insurers, shown only when at least 3 insurers report one. Your plan's rate may differ.
How to use these numbers
Uninsured or paying yourself? You can ask Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley to bill you its published cash price, and ask about financial assistance, which nonprofit hospitals must offer.
Insured, and the hospital is in your network? Your share should be based on your plan's negotiated rate, not the list price. If your bill or explanation of benefits shows the list price, ask the billing office why.
These figures summarize what the hospital publishes. They are not a quote, and they don't include separate physician bills.
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