Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$97.02

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.

$294.00

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.

$6.12 with United Healthcare vs $214.70 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 $6.12 ↓ -94%
Texas Healthspring MM $8.39 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Chip KM $15.66 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star KM $15.66 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $15.66 ↓ -84%
El Paso First KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Community First Star Kids KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Community First Star KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Community First Chip KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Triwest VA MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Superior Chip KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Superior Star KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Kids KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Coventry First Health MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Aetna Star KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Aetna MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Aetna Chip KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Wellcare MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Plus MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
First Care KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Molina Chip KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Molina Star Plus KM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.77 ↓ -83%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $17.27 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $17.27 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $17.61 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.61 ↓ -82%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17.61 ↓ -82%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.94 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Plan MM $18.11 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MM $18.11 ↓ -81%
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.45 ↓ -81%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.45 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MM $18.45 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $20.12 ↓ -79%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $21.80 ↓ -78%
Christus Health HIX $23.48 ↓ -76%
Community First Med Adv MM $27.12 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $27.12 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star KM $27.12 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Chip KM $27.12 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $27.12 ↓ -72%
Aetna POS $33.21 ↓ -66%
Aetna PPO $33.21 ↓ -66%
Aetna EPO $33.21 ↓ -66%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $33.54 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $43.10 ↓ -56%
Humana Choicecare $44.18 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $52.49 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $53.16 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $59.03 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $62.22 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business $66.83 ↓ -31%
Cigna PPO $84.63 ↓ -13%
Community First Health Plan HMO $99.44 ↑ +2%
Healthcare Highways PPO $101.70 ↑ +5%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $124.30 ↑ +28%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $146.90 ↑ +51%
Phcs PPO $146.90 ↑ +51%
Multiplan PPO $146.90 ↑ +51%
First Health PPO $146.90 ↑ +51%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $158.20 ↑ +63%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $169.50 ↑ +75%
HealthSmart PPO $180.80 ↑ +86%
Provider Select PPO $180.80 ↑ +86%
Beech Street PPO $180.80 ↑ +86%
Health Management Network PPO $180.80 ↑ +86%
National Choicecare PPO $214.70 ↑ +121%

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