Acylcarnitines qual 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

$43.23

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.

$131.00

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.

$4.08 with United Healthcare vs $76.95 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 $4.08 ↓ -91%
Texas Healthspring MM $8.25 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $9.72 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star KM $9.72 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $9.72 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Chip KM $9.72 ↓ -78%
Community First Med Adv MM $9.72 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $13.85 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Chip KM $13.85 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Star KM $13.85 ↓ -68%
Molina Chip KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Humana Gold Plus MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Aetna Chip KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Aetna MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Aetna Star KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Coventry First Health MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Wellcare MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Molina Star Plus KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Superior Chip KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Superior Star KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Superior Star Kids KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Superior Star Plus MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Triwest VA MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Community First Chip KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Community First Star KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Community First Star Kids KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
El Paso First KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
First Care KM $16.49 ↓ -62%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $16.98 ↓ -61%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16.98 ↓ -61%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.31 ↓ -60%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17.31 ↓ -60%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $17.31 ↓ -60%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.64 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17.81 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup MM $17.81 ↓ -59%
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.14 ↓ -58%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.14 ↓ -58%
ProCare Advantage MM $18.14 ↓ -58%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $19.79 ↓ -54%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $21.44 ↓ -50%
Christus Health HIX $23.09 ↓ -47%
Aetna POS $32.64 ↓ -24%
Aetna PPO $32.64 ↓ -24%
Aetna EPO $32.64 ↓ -24%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32.98 ↓ -24%
Humana Choicecare $35.02 ↓ -19%
Community First Health Plan HMO $35.64 ↓ -18%
Healthcare Highways PPO $36.45 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $42.38 ↓ -2%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $44.55 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $51.61 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $52.27 ↑ +21%
First Health PPO $52.65 ↑ +22%
Multiplan PPO $52.65 ↑ +22%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $52.65 ↑ +22%
Phcs PPO $52.65 ↑ +22%
Cigna New Business $55.32 ↑ +28%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $56.70 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $58.04 ↑ +34%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $60.75 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $61.18 ↑ +42%
Health Management Network PPO $64.80 ↑ +50%
Beech Street PPO $64.80 ↑ +50%
HealthSmart PPO $64.80 ↑ +50%
Provider Select PPO $64.80 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO $70.06 ↑ +62%
National Choicecare PPO $76.95 ↑ +78%

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