Blood, l/r, irradiated at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$79.03 with Molina vs $1,032.00 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $79.03 | — |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $79.03 | — |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $79.03 | — |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $79.03 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $79.03 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $79.03 | — |
| Triwest | VA MM | $79.03 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $79.03 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $79.03 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $79.03 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $79.03 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $79.03 | — |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $79.03 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $81.40 | — |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $81.40 | — |
| Humana | MM | $81.57 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Medicare Advantage | $81.57 | — |
| Washington National | Supp MM | $81.57 | — |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $82.98 | — |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM | $84.02 | — |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $84.56 | — |
| Amerigroup | MM | $85.35 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $85.35 | — |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $86.93 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $86.93 | — |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $86.93 | — |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $94.84 | — |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $102.74 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $110.64 | — |
| Aetna | Star KM | $143.49 | — |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $143.49 | — |
| Community First | Star KM | $143.49 | — |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $143.49 | — |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $143.49 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $143.49 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $143.49 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $143.49 | — |
| El Paso First | KM | $143.49 | — |
| First Care | KM | $143.49 | — |
| Superior | Star KM | $143.49 | — |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $143.49 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $143.49 | — |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $143.49 | — |
| Molina | Chip KM | $143.49 | — |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $143.49 | — |
| Superior | Chip KM | $143.49 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $143.49 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $143.49 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $143.49 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $143.49 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Kids KM | $146.36 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star KM | $146.36 | — |
| Community First | Star Plus KM | $150.66 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $150.66 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $150.66 | — |
| Community First | Chip KM | $150.66 | — |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $150.67 | — |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $150.67 | — |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $158.06 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare | $238.79 | — |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1,032.00 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | not published by hospital | — |
| HealthSmart | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Phcs | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Management Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | EPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Provider Select | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | not published by hospital | — |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| National Choicecare | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood, l/r, irradiated at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $143.49 – $337.04 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $1,399.63 | $84.55 – $721.91 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $982.75 | $123.10 – $123.10 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $197.37 | $123.10 – $136.32 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $197.37 | $68.00 – $136.32 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $122.58 | $123.10 – $136.32 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $238.35 | $123.10 – $123.10 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $197.37 | $123.10 – $123.10 |