Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$96.69

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.

$293.00

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.

$8.23 with Texas Healthspring vs $83.28 with Cigna — 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 $8.23 ↓ -91%
Community First Med Adv MM $9.96 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star KM $9.96 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $9.96 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Chip KM $9.96 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $9.96 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $15.36 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Chip KM $15.36 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star KM $15.36 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.22 ↓ -83%
Molina Chip KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Plus MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Aetna Chip KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Aetna MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Aetna Star KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Coventry First Health MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Wellcare MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Molina Star Plus KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Superior Chip KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Superior Star KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Kids KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Triwest VA MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Community First Chip KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Community First Star KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Community First Star Kids KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
El Paso First KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
First Care KM $16.45 ↓ -83%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $16.94 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16.94 ↓ -82%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17.27 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.27 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $17.27 ↓ -82%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.60 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17.77 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup MM $17.77 ↓ -82%
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.10 ↓ -81%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.10 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MM $18.10 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $19.74 ↓ -80%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $21.39 ↓ -78%
Christus Health HIX $23.03 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $32.58 ↓ -66%
Aetna POS $32.58 ↓ -66%
Aetna EPO $32.58 ↓ -66%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32.90 ↓ -66%
Community First Health Plan HMO $36.52 ↓ -62%
Healthcare Highways PPO $37.35 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $42.28 ↓ -56%
Humana Choicecare $43.33 ↓ -55%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $45.65 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $51.49 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $52.15 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $53.95 ↓ -44%
First Health PPO $53.95 ↓ -44%
Multiplan PPO $53.95 ↓ -44%
Phcs PPO $53.95 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $57.90 ↓ -40%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $58.10 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $61.03 ↓ -37%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $62.25 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business $65.76 ↓ -32%
Health Management Network PPO $66.40 ↓ -31%
HealthSmart PPO $66.40 ↓ -31%
Provider Select PPO $66.40 ↓ -31%
Beech Street PPO $66.40 ↓ -31%
National Choicecare PPO $78.85 ↓ -18%
Cigna PPO $83.28 ↓ -14%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $15.36 – $61.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $95.80 $10.00 – $119.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $145.72 $12.00 – $218.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $131.00 $12.00 – $163.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $95.80 $10.00 – $119.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $145.72 $12.00 – $218.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $145.72 $8.00 – $218.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $131.00 $12.00 – $196.50

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