Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon

11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$135.08

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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.

$409.34

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.

$19.06 with United Healthcare vs $388.87 with National Choicecare — 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
United Healthcare All Payer $19.06 ↓ -86%
Aetna MM $29.70 ↓ -78%
Aetna New Business $38.70 ↓ -71%
Humana Choicecare $40.80 ↓ -70%
Aetna PPO $43.02 ↓ -68%
Aetna HMO $43.02 ↓ -68%
Aetna EPO $43.02 ↓ -68%
Aetna POS $43.02 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Kids KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $45.02 ↓ -67%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $49.12 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $49.12 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $49.12 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $49.12 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $49.12 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $49.12 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $49.12 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $61.40 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $64.69 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Star KM $73.68 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $73.68 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $73.68 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $78.78 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $79.79 ↓ -41%
Christus Health HIX $85.96 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $88.60 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $93.38 ↓ -31%
Molina Star Plus KM $122.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $122.80 ↓ -9%
Cigna New Business $151.45 ↑ +12%
Imperial Health Plan MM $163.73 ↑ +21%
Amerigroup MM $163.73 ↑ +21%
Healthcare Highways PPO $184.20 ↑ +36%
Devoted Health Plan MM $204.67 ↑ +52%
Community First Health Plan HMO $208.76 ↑ +55%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $225.13 ↑ +67%
Cigna PPO $225.13 ↑ +67%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $245.60 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $245.60 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $245.60 ↑ +82%
First Health PPO $266.07 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $266.07 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $286.53 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $307.00 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $327.47 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $327.47 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $327.47 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $327.47 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $347.93 ↑ +158%
National Choicecare PPO $388.87 ↑ +188%

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