Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 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

$1,222.98

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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.

$3,706.00

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.

$24.77 with United Healthcare vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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 Star Plus KM $24.77 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Chip KM $24.77 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Star KM $24.77 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $35.40 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star KM $35.40 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $35.40 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Chip KM $35.40 ↓ -97%
Community First Med Adv MM $35.40 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $39.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna Chip KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna Star KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Molina Chip KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Molina Star Plus KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Superior Chip KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Kids KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Community First Star Kids KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
El Paso First KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
First Care KM $39.86 ↓ -97%
Community First Star KM $41.85 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $41.85 ↓ -97%
Community First Chip KM $41.85 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $41.85 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $50.25 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $51.54 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $57.12 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $58.84 ↓ -95%
Cigna New Business $129.00 ↓ -89%
Community First Health Plan HMO $141.60 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways PPO $147.50 ↓ -88%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $162.25 ↓ -87%
Humana Choicecare $163.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $164.00 ↓ -87%
Multiplan PPO $191.75 ↓ -84%
Phcs PPO $191.75 ↓ -84%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $191.75 ↓ -84%
First Health PPO $191.75 ↓ -84%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $221.25 ↓ -82%
Provider Select PPO $236.00 ↓ -81%
Health Management Network PPO $236.00 ↓ -81%
Beech Street PPO $236.00 ↓ -81%
HealthSmart PPO $236.00 ↓ -81%
Superior Star Plus MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Allwell Superior Health MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Triwest VA MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Humana Gold Choice MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Humana Gold Plus MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Texas Healthspring MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Aetna MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Coventry First Health MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
Wellcare MM $277.18 ↓ -77%
National Choicecare PPO $280.25 ↓ -77%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $285.50 ↓ -77%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $285.50 ↓ -77%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $291.04 ↓ -76%
US Imaging Network PPO $296.58 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup MM $299.35 ↓ -76%
Devoted Health Plan MM $299.35 ↓ -76%
Imperial Health Plan MM $304.90 ↓ -75%
ProCare Advantage MM $304.90 ↓ -75%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $304.90 ↓ -75%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $332.62 ↓ -73%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $360.33 ↓ -71%
Christus Health HIX $388.05 ↓ -68%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $554.36 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,082.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna New Business $1,612.00 ↑ +32%
Aetna POS $1,791.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna HMO $1,791.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna EPO $1,791.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna PPO $1,791.00 ↑ +46%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +229%

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