Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$1,181.07

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.

$3,579.00

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.

$177.09 with United Healthcare vs $3,400.05 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 Star KM $177.09 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Chip KM $177.09 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $177.09 ↓ -85%
Texas Healthspring MM $188.66 ↓ -84%
Humana Choicecare $341.72 ↓ -71%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Wellcare MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Plus MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Allwell Superior Health MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Aetna MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Coventry First Health MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Humana Gold Choice MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Humana Gold Plus MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Triwest VA MM $377.31 ↓ -68%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $388.63 ↓ -67%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $388.63 ↓ -67%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $396.18 ↓ -66%
US Imaging Network PPO $403.72 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup MM $407.49 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health Plan MM $407.49 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage MM $415.04 ↓ -65%
Imperial Health Plan MM $415.04 ↓ -65%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $415.04 ↓ -65%
Aetna New Business $417.83 ↓ -65%
Community First Med Adv MM $429.48 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $429.48 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $429.48 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $429.48 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $429.48 ↓ -64%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $452.77 ↓ -62%
Cigna New Business $460.21 ↓ -61%
Aetna PPO $464.25 ↓ -61%
Aetna EPO $464.25 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $464.25 ↓ -61%
Aetna POS $464.25 ↓ -61%
Superior Star KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Aetna Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Aetna Star KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Molina Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Molina Star Plus KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Superior Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Superior Star Plus KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Superior Foster Care KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Superior Star Kids KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Community First Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Community First Star KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Community First Star Kids KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
El Paso First KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
First Care KM $489.74 ↓ -59%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $490.50 ↓ -58%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $514.23 ↓ -56%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $514.23 ↓ -56%
Christus Health HIX $528.23 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $582.81 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $640.31 ↓ -46%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $754.62 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $777.08 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $787.44 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $874.47 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $920.06 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,094.00 ↓ -7%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,574.76 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,610.55 ↑ +36%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,968.45 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $2,326.35 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $2,326.35 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,326.35 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $2,326.35 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,505.30 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $2,684.25 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $2,863.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $2,863.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,863.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $2,863.20 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $3,400.05 ↑ +188%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $911.58 $217.37 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $911.58 $203.15 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $868.17 $203.15 – $1,302.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58

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