Brain image < 4 views 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.
$177.76 with United Healthcare vs $1,094.00 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 |
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| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $177.76 | — |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $177.76 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $177.76 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $177.76 | — |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $188.66 | — |
| Aetna | New Business | $343.63 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare | $348.61 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $377.31 | — |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $377.31 | — |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $377.31 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $377.31 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $377.31 | — |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $377.31 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $377.31 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $377.31 | — |
| Triwest | VA MM | $377.31 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $377.31 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $377.31 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $377.31 | — |
| Aetna | POS | $381.81 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $381.81 | — |
| Aetna | EPO | $381.81 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $381.81 | — |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $388.63 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $388.63 | — |
| Humana | MM | $389.41 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Medicare Advantage | $389.41 | — |
| Washington National | Supp MM | $389.41 | — |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $396.18 | — |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM | $401.09 | — |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $403.72 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $407.49 | — |
| Amerigroup | MM | $407.49 | — |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $415.04 | — |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $415.04 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $415.04 | — |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $452.77 | — |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $489.74 | — |
| First Care | KM | $489.74 | — |
| El Paso First | KM | $489.74 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $489.74 | — |
| Superior | Chip KM | $489.74 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $489.74 | — |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $489.74 | — |
| Superior | Star KM | $489.74 | — |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $489.74 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $489.74 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $489.74 | — |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $489.74 | — |
| Community First | Star KM | $489.74 | — |
| Community First | Star Plus KM | $489.74 | — |
| Community First | Chip KM | $489.74 | — |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $489.74 | — |
| Aetna | Star KM | $489.74 | — |
| Molina | Chip KM | $489.74 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $489.74 | — |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $490.50 | — |
| Cigna | New Business | $498.85 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star KM | $499.53 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Kids KM | $499.53 | — |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $514.23 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $514.23 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $514.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $514.23 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $522.27 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $528.23 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $566.22 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $623.68 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $631.73 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $632.13 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $633.83 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $642.28 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $703.12 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $713.26 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $740.31 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $750.45 | — |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $754.62 | — |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1,094.00 | — |
| National Choicecare | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HealthSmart | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Provider Select | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Management Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Phcs | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $177.76 – $514.23 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $438.80 | $75.23 – $752.22 |
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $207.63 | $170.41 – $590.75 |
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $2,005.65 | $167.85 – $258.18 |
| MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL | RED OAK | $2,809.60 | $167.85 – $258.18 |
| MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL | Irving | $3,723.81 | $170.41 – $258.18 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $650.73 – $650.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $167.00 – $915.16 |