Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$109.56

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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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$332.00

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.

$2.17 with United Healthcare vs $200.45 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 $2.17 ↓ -98%
Texas Healthspring MM $8.09 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $15.09 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $15.09 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star KM $15.09 ↓ -86%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Community First Star Kids KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Community First Star KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Aetna Chip KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Aetna MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Aetna Star KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Coventry First Health MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Community First Chip KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Molina Chip KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Molina Star Plus KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Superior Chip KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
First Care KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
El Paso First KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Plus MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Triwest VA MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus MM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Kids KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Superior Star KM $16.18 ↓ -85%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $16.67 ↓ -85%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16.67 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $16.99 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $16.99 ↓ -84%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $16.99 ↓ -84%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.31 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17.47 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MM $17.47 ↓ -84%
Imperial Health Plan MM $17.80 ↓ -84%
ProCare Advantage MM $17.80 ↓ -84%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $17.80 ↓ -84%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $19.42 ↓ -82%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $21.03 ↓ -81%
Christus Health HIX $22.65 ↓ -79%
Community First Med Adv MM $25.32 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $25.32 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star KM $25.32 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $25.32 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Chip KM $25.32 ↓ -77%
Aetna EPO $32.04 ↓ -71%
Aetna POS $32.04 ↓ -71%
Aetna PPO $32.04 ↓ -71%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32.36 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $41.58 ↓ -62%
Humana Choicecare $42.60 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $50.64 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $51.29 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $56.95 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $60.03 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business $64.72 ↓ -41%
Cigna PPO $81.96 ↓ -25%
Community First Health Plan HMO $92.84 ↓ -15%
Healthcare Highways PPO $94.95 ↓ -13%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $116.05 ↑ +6%
Multiplan PPO $137.15 ↑ +25%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $137.15 ↑ +25%
Phcs PPO $137.15 ↑ +25%
First Health PPO $137.15 ↑ +25%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $147.70 ↑ +35%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $158.25 ↑ +44%
Provider Select PPO $168.80 ↑ +54%
Beech Street PPO $168.80 ↑ +54%
Health Management Network PPO $168.80 ↑ +54%
HealthSmart PPO $168.80 ↑ +54%
National Choicecare PPO $200.45 ↑ +83%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $290.34 $14.56 – $62.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $110.66 $10.00 – $38.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $111.14 $4.44 – $38.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $110.66 $12.00 – $38.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $110.66 $10.00 – $38.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $111.14 $12.00 – $38.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $111.14 $8.00 – $38.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $110.66 $12.00 – $38.83

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