Assay of osteocalcin 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

$62.70

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.

$190.00

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.

$3.21 with United Healthcare vs $180.50 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 $3.21 ↓ -95%
Texas Healthspring MM $14.93 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $22.80 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $22.80 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $22.80 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $22.80 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $22.80 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $27.85 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Chip KM $27.85 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Star KM $27.85 ↓ -56%
Molina Chip KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Humana Gold Choice MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Humana Gold Plus MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Aetna Chip KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Aetna MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Aetna Star KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Coventry First Health MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Wellcare MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Molina Star Plus KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Superior Chip KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Superior Star Plus KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Superior Foster Care KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Superior Star KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Superior Star Kids KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Superior Star Plus MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Allwell Superior Health MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Triwest VA MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Community First Chip KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Community First Star KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Community First Star Kids KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
El Paso First KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
First Care KM $29.85 ↓ -52%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $30.75 ↓ -51%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $30.75 ↓ -51%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $31.34 ↓ -50%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $31.34 ↓ -50%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $31.34 ↓ -50%
US Imaging Network PPO $31.94 ↓ -49%
Devoted Health Plan MM $32.24 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup MM $32.24 ↓ -49%
Imperial Health Plan MM $32.84 ↓ -48%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $32.84 ↓ -48%
ProCare Advantage MM $32.84 ↓ -48%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $35.82 ↓ -43%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $38.81 ↓ -38%
Christus Health HIX $41.79 ↓ -33%
Aetna POS $59.10 ↓ -6%
Aetna PPO $59.10 ↓ -6%
Aetna EPO $59.10 ↓ -6%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $59.70 ↓ -5%
Humana Choicecare $75.00 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $76.71 ↑ +22%
Community First Health Plan HMO $83.60 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $85.50 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $93.43 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $94.62 ↑ +51%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $104.50 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $105.07 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $110.74 ↑ +77%
Cigna New Business $119.01 ↑ +90%
First Health PPO $123.50 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $123.50 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $123.50 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $123.50 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $133.00 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $142.50 ↑ +127%
Cigna PPO $150.71 ↑ +140%
Health Management Network PPO $152.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $152.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $152.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $152.00 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $180.50 ↑ +188%

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