Benign lesion paring 4+ 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

$156.42

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.

$474.00

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.

$30.97 with United Healthcare vs $10,721.00 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 $30.97 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star KM $30.97 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Chip KM $30.97 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $52.87 ↓ -66%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Community First Star Kids KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Superior Star Kids KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Superior Star KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Superior Foster Care KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Superior Star Plus KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Aetna Chip KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Superior Chip KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Molina Star Plus KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Molina Chip KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Aetna Star KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
First Care KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
El Paso First KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $55.65 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $56.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $56.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $56.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $56.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $56.88 ↓ -64%
Community First Chip KM $58.43 ↓ -63%
Community First Star KM $58.43 ↓ -63%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $58.43 ↓ -63%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $58.43 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $67.98 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $69.72 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $77.27 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $79.60 ↓ -49%
Cigna New Business $129.00 ↓ -18%
Humana Choicecare $163.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna PPO $164.00 ↑ +5%
Triwest VA MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Allwell Superior Health MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Coventry First Health MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Humana Gold Choice MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Humana Gold Plus MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Wellcare MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Texas Healthspring MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Aetna MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Superior Star Plus MM $186.58 ↑ +19%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $192.18 ↑ +23%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $192.18 ↑ +23%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $195.91 ↑ +25%
US Imaging Network PPO $199.64 ↑ +28%
Devoted Health Plan MM $201.51 ↑ +29%
Amerigroup MM $201.51 ↑ +29%
Imperial Health Plan MM $205.24 ↑ +31%
ProCare Advantage MM $205.24 ↑ +31%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $205.24 ↑ +31%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $223.90 ↑ +43%
Community First Health Plan HMO $227.52 ↑ +45%
Healthcare Highways PPO $237.00 ↑ +52%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $242.55 ↑ +55%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $260.70 ↑ +67%
Christus Health HIX $261.21 ↑ +67%
First Health PPO $308.10 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $308.10 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $308.10 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $308.10 ↑ +97%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $355.50 ↑ +127%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $373.16 ↑ +139%
HealthSmart PPO $379.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $379.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $379.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $379.20 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $450.30 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,082.00 ↑ +592%
Aetna New Business $1,612.00 ↑ +931%
Aetna EPO $1,791.00 ↑ +1045%
Aetna HMO $1,791.00 ↑ +1045%
Aetna PPO $1,791.00 ↑ +1045%
Aetna POS $1,791.00 ↑ +1045%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $10,721.00 ↑ +6754%

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Benign lesion paring 4+ at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $30.97 – $199.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $258.65 $55.65 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $345.36 $59.55 – $518.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $320.23 $55.65 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $258.65 $55.65 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $345.36 $59.55 – $518.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $345.36 $55.65 – $518.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $320.23 $55.65 – $495.95

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