Aluminum - quest 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

$69.63

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.

$211.00

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.

$12.11 with United Healthcare vs $200.45 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
United Healthcare All Payer $12.11 ↓ -83%
Texas Healthspring MM $12.74 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star KM $23.78 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Chip KM $23.78 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $23.78 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Molina Chip KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Humana Gold Choice MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Humana Gold Plus MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Aetna Chip KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Aetna MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Aetna Star KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Coventry First Health MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Wellcare MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Molina Star Plus KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Superior Chip KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Superior Star Plus KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Superior Foster Care KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Superior Star KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Superior Star Kids KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Superior Star Plus MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Allwell Superior Health MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Triwest VA MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Community First Chip KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Community First Star KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Community First Star Kids KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
El Paso First KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
First Care KM $25.48 ↓ -63%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $26.24 ↓ -62%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $26.24 ↓ -62%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $26.75 ↓ -62%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $26.75 ↓ -62%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $26.75 ↓ -62%
US Imaging Network PPO $27.26 ↓ -61%
Devoted Health Plan MM $27.52 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup MM $27.52 ↓ -60%
ProCare Advantage MM $28.03 ↓ -60%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $28.03 ↓ -60%
Imperial Health Plan MM $28.03 ↓ -60%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $30.58 ↓ -56%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $33.12 ↓ -52%
Christus Health HIX $35.67 ↓ -49%
Aetna PPO $50.46 ↓ -28%
Aetna POS $50.46 ↓ -28%
Aetna EPO $50.46 ↓ -28%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $50.96 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $65.48 ↓ -6%
Humana Choicecare $67.10 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $79.75 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $80.77 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $89.69 ↑ +29%
Community First Health Plan HMO $92.84 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $94.53 ↑ +36%
Healthcare Highways PPO $94.95 ↑ +36%
Cigna New Business $101.28 ↑ +45%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $116.05 ↑ +67%
Cigna PPO $128.26 ↑ +84%
First Health PPO $137.15 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $137.15 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $137.15 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $137.15 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $147.70 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $158.25 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $168.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $168.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $168.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $168.80 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $200.45 ↑ +188%

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