Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$46.20

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.

$140.00

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.

$3.89 with Texas Healthspring vs $66.50 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
Texas Healthspring MM $3.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $6.54 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $6.54 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star KM $6.54 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.14 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Community First Star Kids KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Community First Star KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Aetna Chip KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Aetna MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Aetna Star KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Coventry First Health MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Community First Chip KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Molina Chip KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Molina Star Plus KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Superior Chip KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
First Care KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
El Paso First KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Choice MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Plus MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Superior Foster Care KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Triwest VA MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Wellcare MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Allwell Superior Health MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus MM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Kids KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Superior Star KM $7.78 ↓ -83%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $8.01 ↓ -83%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $8.01 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $8.17 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $8.17 ↓ -82%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $8.17 ↓ -82%
US Imaging Network PPO $8.32 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Star KM $8.40 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Chip KM $8.40 ↓ -82%
Community First Med Adv MM $8.40 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Plan MM $8.40 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup MM $8.40 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $8.40 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $8.40 ↓ -82%
Imperial Health Plan MM $8.56 ↓ -81%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8.56 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MM $8.56 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $9.34 ↓ -80%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $10.11 ↓ -78%
Christus Health HIX $10.89 ↓ -76%
Humana Choicecare $13.63 ↓ -70%
Aetna POS $15.39 ↓ -67%
Aetna PPO $15.39 ↓ -67%
Aetna EPO $15.39 ↓ -67%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $15.56 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $19.99 ↓ -57%
Cigna New Business $20.87 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $24.35 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $24.66 ↓ -47%
Cigna PPO $26.43 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $27.39 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $28.86 ↓ -38%
Community First Health Plan HMO $30.80 ↓ -33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $31.50 ↓ -32%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $38.50 ↓ -17%
First Health PPO $45.50 ↓ -2%
Multiplan PPO $45.50 ↓ -2%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $45.50 ↓ -2%
Phcs PPO $45.50 ↓ -2%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $49.00 ↑ +6%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $52.50 ↑ +14%
Beech Street PPO $56.00 ↑ +21%
Health Management Network PPO $56.00 ↑ +21%
Provider Select PPO $56.00 ↑ +21%
HealthSmart PPO $56.00 ↑ +21%
National Choicecare PPO $66.50 ↑ +44%

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