Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

$102.20

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.

$309.70

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.

$3.54 with Superior vs $30.58 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
Superior Chip KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
First Care KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
El Paso First KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Community First Star Kids KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Community First Star KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Community First Chip KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna Chip KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna Star KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Kids KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus KM $3.54 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $3.86 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Star KM $3.86 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $3.86 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Chip KM $3.86 ↓ -96%
Community First Med Adv MM $3.86 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $3.86 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $3.86 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $3.93 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $4.79 ↓ -95%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4.82 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $4.85 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $5.39 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $5.68 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $5.79 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $5.79 ↓ -94%
Christus Health HIX $6.75 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $6.84 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.44 ↓ -92%
Molina Star Plus KM $9.65 ↓ -91%
Molina Chip KM $9.65 ↓ -91%
Humana Choicecare $9.75 ↓ -90%
Cigna New Business $11.91 ↓ -88%
Imperial Health Plan MM $12.87 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MM $12.87 ↓ -87%
Healthcare Highways PPO $14.48 ↓ -86%
Aetna New Business $14.59 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Plan MM $16.09 ↓ -84%
Aetna POS $16.22 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO $16.22 ↓ -84%
Aetna EPO $16.22 ↓ -84%
Aetna PPO $16.22 ↓ -84%
Community First Health Plan HMO $16.41 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $17.70 ↓ -83%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $17.70 ↓ -83%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $19.31 ↓ -81%
Multiplan PPO $19.31 ↓ -81%
Phcs PPO $19.31 ↓ -81%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $20.92 ↓ -80%
First Health PPO $20.92 ↓ -80%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $22.53 ↓ -78%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $24.14 ↓ -76%
Beech Street PPO $25.75 ↓ -75%
Health Management Network PPO $25.75 ↓ -75%
Provider Select PPO $25.75 ↓ -75%
HealthSmart PPO $25.75 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $27.36 ↓ -73%
National Choicecare PPO $30.58 ↓ -70%

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $13.77 – $13.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $31.21 $4.70 – $23.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $31.21 $3.41 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $31.21 $3.32 – $20.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $31.21 $4.42 – $23.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $31.21 $5.32 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $31.21 $8.57 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $31.21 $5.53 – $24.88

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