Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$19,155.84

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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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$58,048.00

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.

$6,385.28 with Superior vs $55,145.60 with National Choicecare — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Superior Star KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $6,385.28 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Chip KM $6,965.76 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6,965.76 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $6,965.76 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $6,965.76 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $6,965.76 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6,965.76 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $6,965.76 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $10,448.64 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $10,448.64 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $10,448.64 ↓ -45%
Coventry First Health MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Humana Gold Plus MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Aetna MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Wellcare MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Superior Star Plus MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Triwest VA MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Texas Healthspring MM $16,418.16 ↓ -14%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16,910.70 ↓ -12%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $16,910.70 ↓ -12%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17,239.07 ↓ -10%
Molina Chip KM $17,414.40 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $17,414.40 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare All Payer $17,414.40 ↓ -9%
US Imaging Network PPO $17,567.43 ↓ -8%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17,731.61 ↓ -7%
Amerigroup MM $17,731.61 ↓ -7%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18,059.98 ↓ -6%
ProCare Advantage MM $18,059.98 ↓ -6%
Imperial Health Plan MM $18,059.98 ↓ -6%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $19,701.79 ↑ +3%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $21,343.61 ↑ +11%
Christus Health HIX $22,985.42 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $24,960.64 ↑ +30%
Aetna New Business $26,121.60 ↑ +36%
Aetna HMO $29,024.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna PPO $29,024.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna EPO $29,024.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna POS $29,024.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna New Business $29,604.48 ↑ +55%
Community First Health Plan HMO $29,604.48 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $30,765.44 ↑ +61%
Humana Choicecare $31,345.92 ↑ +64%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $31,926.40 ↑ +67%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32,836.32 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $34,248.32 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $34,248.32 ↑ +79%
Multiplan PPO $34,828.80 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $34,828.80 ↑ +82%
Healthcare Highways PPO $34,828.80 ↑ +82%
Cigna PPO $35,409.28 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $37,731.20 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $37,731.20 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $37,731.20 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $40,633.60 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $43,536.00 ↑ +127%
Provider Select PPO $46,438.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $46,438.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $46,438.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $46,438.40 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $55,145.60 ↑ +188%

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $73,177.56 $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $35,900.28 $66,998.95 – $66,998.95
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $26,400.91 $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $58,300.55 $16,676.33 – $79,411.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $58,300.55 $17,470.44 – $79,411.06
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $58,300.55 $17,470.44 – $79,411.06
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $99,999.99 $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $58,300.55 $17,470.44 – $79,411.06

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