Bone marrow interpretation 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

$1,103.52

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.

$3,344.00

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.

$9.63 with United Healthcare vs $3,176.80 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 $9.63 ↓ -99%
Aetna PPO $93.24 ↓ -92%
Aetna EPO $93.24 ↓ -92%
Aetna POS $93.24 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business $96.18 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $121.80 ↓ -89%
Humana Choicecare $168.71 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $367.84 ↓ -67%
Texas Healthspring MM $383.53 ↓ -65%
Community First Med Adv MM $401.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $401.28 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $401.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $401.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $401.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $401.28 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $401.28 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star KM $601.92 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $601.92 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $601.92 ↓ -45%
Wellcare MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Humana Gold Choice MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Humana Gold Plus MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Aetna MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Coventry First Health MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Plus MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Allwell Superior Health MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Triwest VA MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $767.05 ↓ -30%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $790.06 ↓ -28%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $790.06 ↓ -28%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $805.40 ↓ -27%
US Imaging Network PPO $820.74 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Plan MM $828.41 ↓ -25%
Amerigroup MM $828.41 ↓ -25%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $843.76 ↓ -24%
Imperial Health Plan MM $843.76 ↓ -24%
ProCare Advantage MM $843.76 ↓ -24%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $920.46 ↓ -17%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $997.17 ↓ -10%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,003.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $1,003.20 ↓ -9%
Christus Health HIX $1,073.87 ↓ -3%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,471.36 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,504.80 ↑ +36%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,534.10 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $1,614.47 ↑ +46%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,839.20 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,966.27 ↑ +78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,991.39 ↑ +80%
Phcs PPO $2,173.60 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $2,173.60 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $2,173.60 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,173.60 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $2,211.26 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $2,330.62 ↑ +111%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,340.80 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $2,508.00 ↑ +127%
Provider Select PPO $2,675.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $2,675.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $2,675.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,675.20 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $3,176.80 ↑ +188%

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