Assay of salicylate 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

$161.70

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.

$490.00

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.

$7.83 with United Healthcare vs $130.15 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 $7.83 ↓ -95%
Texas Healthspring MM $9.32 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $16.44 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star KM $16.44 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $16.44 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Chip KM $16.44 ↓ -90%
Community First Med Adv MM $16.44 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Choice MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Plus MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Aetna Chip KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Aetna Star KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Coventry First Health MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Molina Chip KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Molina Star Plus KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Superior Chip KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Superior Foster Care KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Superior Star KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Kids KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Allwell Superior Health MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Triwest VA MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Community First Chip KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Community First Star KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Community First Star Kids KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
El Paso First KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
First Care KM $18.64 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $19.20 ↓ -88%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $19.20 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $19.57 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $19.57 ↓ -88%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $19.57 ↓ -88%
US Imaging Network PPO $19.94 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Plan MM $20.13 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MM $20.13 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantage MM $20.50 ↓ -87%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $20.50 ↓ -87%
Imperial Health Plan MM $20.50 ↓ -87%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $22.37 ↓ -86%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $24.23 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Star KM $24.66 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Chip KM $24.66 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $24.66 ↓ -85%
Christus Health HIX $26.10 ↓ -84%
Aetna New Business $33.21 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO $36.90 ↓ -77%
Aetna PPO $36.90 ↓ -77%
Aetna EPO $36.90 ↓ -77%
Aetna POS $36.90 ↓ -77%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $37.28 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $47.90 ↓ -70%
Cigna New Business $50.69 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $58.34 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $59.09 ↓ -63%
Community First Health Plan HMO $60.28 ↓ -63%
Healthcare Highways PPO $61.65 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $65.61 ↓ -59%
Humana Choicecare $68.50 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $69.15 ↓ -57%
Cigna PPO $75.35 ↓ -53%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $75.35 ↓ -53%
Multiplan PPO $89.05 ↓ -45%
First Health PPO $89.05 ↓ -45%
Phcs PPO $89.05 ↓ -45%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $89.05 ↓ -45%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $95.90 ↓ -41%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $102.75 ↓ -36%
HealthSmart PPO $109.60 ↓ -32%
Beech Street PPO $109.60 ↓ -32%
Provider Select PPO $109.60 ↓ -32%
Health Management Network PPO $109.60 ↓ -32%
National Choicecare PPO $130.15 ↓ -20%

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