Brain flow imaging only 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

$465.63

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.

$1,411.00

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.

$168.40 with United Healthcare vs $1,340.45 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 Star Plus KM $168.40 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Chip KM $168.40 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star KM $168.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $169.32 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $169.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $169.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $169.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $169.32 ↓ -64%
Texas Healthspring MM $252.71 ↓ -46%
Humana Choicecare $328.80 ↓ -29%
Aetna New Business $339.88 ↓ -27%
Aetna EPO $377.64 ↓ -19%
Aetna POS $377.64 ↓ -19%
Aetna PPO $377.64 ↓ -19%
Aetna HMO $377.64 ↓ -19%
Cigna New Business $489.45 ↑ +5%
Superior Star Plus MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Wellcare MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Humana Gold Plus MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Humana Gold Choice MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Triwest VA MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Aetna MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Coventry First Health MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Allwell Superior Health MM $505.42 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $513.37 ↑ +10%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $520.58 ↑ +12%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $520.58 ↑ +12%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $530.69 ↑ +14%
US Imaging Network PPO $540.80 ↑ +16%
Devoted Health Plan MM $545.85 ↑ +17%
Amerigroup MM $545.85 ↑ +17%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $555.96 ↑ +19%
Imperial Health Plan MM $555.96 ↑ +19%
ProCare Advantage MM $555.96 ↑ +19%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $606.50 ↑ +30%
Cigna PPO $619.83 ↑ +33%
Community First Health Plan HMO $620.84 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $623.03 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $631.33 ↑ +36%
Healthcare Highways PPO $634.95 ↑ +36%
Superior Star KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Molina Star Plus KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Superior Chip KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Superior Star Plus KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Superior Foster Care KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Superior Star Kids KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Molina Chip KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Aetna Star KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Aetna Chip KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Community First Chip KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Community First Star KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Community First Star Kids KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
El Paso First KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
First Care KM $635.67 ↑ +37%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $657.05 ↑ +41%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $667.45 ↑ +43%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $667.45 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $701.11 ↑ +51%
Christus Health HIX $707.59 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $737.66 ↑ +58%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $776.05 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $917.15 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $917.15 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $917.15 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $917.15 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $987.70 ↑ +112%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,010.84 ↑ +117%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,058.25 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,094.00 ↑ +135%
Health Management Network PPO $1,128.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,128.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,128.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,128.80 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $1,340.45 ↑ +188%

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Brain flow imaging only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $907.45 $186.78 – $1,361.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $952.82 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $907.45 $171.25 – $1,361.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $907.45 $160.05 – $1,361.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $952.82 $160.05 – $1,429.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →