Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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

$36.96

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.

$112.00

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.

$2.48 with Texas Healthspring vs $48.45 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 $2.48 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $4.62 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4.62 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4.62 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Plus MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Community First Star Kids KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Community First Star KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Community First Chip KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Aetna Chip KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Aetna MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Aetna Star KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Coventry First Health MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Molina Chip KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Molina Star Plus KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
First Care KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
El Paso First KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Humana Gold Choice MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Superior Foster Care KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Superior Chip KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Allwell Superior Health MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus MM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Kids KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Superior Star KM $4.95 ↓ -87%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $5.10 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5.10 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5.20 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5.20 ↓ -86%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $5.20 ↓ -86%
US Imaging Network PPO $5.30 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MM $5.35 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Plan MM $5.35 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage MM $5.45 ↓ -85%
Imperial Health Plan MM $5.45 ↓ -85%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $5.45 ↓ -85%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $5.94 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Chip KM $6.12 ↓ -83%
Community First Med Adv MM $6.12 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $6.12 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star KM $6.12 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $6.12 ↓ -83%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $6.44 ↓ -83%
Christus Health HIX $6.93 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.04 ↓ -81%
Aetna POS $9.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $9.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna EPO $9.81 ↓ -73%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $9.90 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $12.72 ↓ -66%
Humana Choicecare $13.04 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $15.49 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $15.69 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $17.42 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $18.36 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business $19.84 ↓ -46%
Community First Health Plan HMO $22.44 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Highways PPO $22.95 ↓ -38%
Cigna PPO $25.12 ↓ -32%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $28.05 ↓ -24%
Multiplan PPO $33.15 ↓ -10%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $33.15 ↓ -10%
First Health PPO $33.15 ↓ -10%
Phcs PPO $33.15 ↓ -10%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $35.70 ↓ -3%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $38.25 ↑ +3%
HealthSmart PPO $40.80 ↑ +10%
Provider Select PPO $40.80 ↑ +10%
Beech Street PPO $40.80 ↑ +10%
Health Management Network PPO $40.80 ↑ +10%
National Choicecare PPO $48.45 ↑ +31%

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