Autopsy (necropsy) complete 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

$5,803.71

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.

$17,587.00

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.

$2.47 with United Healthcare vs $14,491.30 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 $2.47 ↓ -100%
Aetna MM $229.90 ↓ -96%
Aetna New Business $620.73 ↓ -89%
Humana Choicecare $686.86 ↓ -88%
Aetna EPO $689.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna POS $689.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna HMO $689.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna PPO $689.70 ↓ -88%
Cigna New Business $721.64 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $913.88 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $1,388.39 ↓ -76%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Aetna Chip KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Superior Foster Care KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Superior Star Plus KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Aetna Star KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Community First Star Kids KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Community First Star KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Community First Chip KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Superior Chip KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Superior Star Kids KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
First Care KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Superior Star KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
El Paso First KM $1,677.94 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,690.92 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,712.53 ↓ -70%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $1,830.48 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Chip KM $1,830.48 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $1,830.48 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star KM $1,830.48 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $1,830.48 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $1,830.48 ↓ -68%
Community First Med Adv MM $1,830.48 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,901.61 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $2,004.25 ↓ -65%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $2,288.10 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Star KM $2,745.72 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Chip KM $2,745.72 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $2,745.72 ↓ -53%
Christus Health HIX $3,203.34 ↓ -45%
Molina Star Plus KM $4,576.20 ↓ -21%
Molina Chip KM $4,576.20 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup MM $6,101.60 ↑ +5%
Imperial Health Plan MM $6,101.60 ↑ +5%
Community First Health Plan HMO $6,711.76 ↑ +16%
Healthcare Highways PPO $6,864.30 ↑ +18%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7,627.00 ↑ +31%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $8,389.70 ↑ +45%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $9,152.40 ↑ +58%
Multiplan PPO $9,915.10 ↑ +71%
Phcs PPO $9,915.10 ↑ +71%
First Health PPO $9,915.10 ↑ +71%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $9,915.10 ↑ +71%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $10,677.80 ↑ +84%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $11,440.50 ↑ +97%
Beech Street PPO $12,203.20 ↑ +110%
HealthSmart PPO $12,203.20 ↑ +110%
Health Management Network PPO $12,203.20 ↑ +110%
Provider Select PPO $12,203.20 ↑ +110%
Triwest VA MM $12,965.90 ↑ +123%
National Choicecare PPO $14,491.30 ↑ +150%

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