Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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.

$160.80 with Amerigroup vs $1,377.73 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — 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
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $160.80 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Chip KM $160.80 ↓ -86%
Community First Med Adv MM $160.80 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $160.80 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star KM $160.80 ↓ -86%
Texas Healthspring MM $252.71 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star KM $317.43 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Chip KM $317.43 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $317.43 ↓ -73%
Allwell Superior Health MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Wellcare MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Superior Star Plus MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Aetna MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Coventry First Health MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Humana Gold Choice MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Humana Gold Plus MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Triwest VA MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $505.42 ↓ -57%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $520.58 ↓ -56%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $520.58 ↓ -56%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $530.69 ↓ -55%
US Imaging Network PPO $540.80 ↓ -54%
Devoted Health Plan MM $545.85 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup MM $545.85 ↓ -54%
Imperial Health Plan MM $555.96 ↓ -53%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $555.96 ↓ -53%
ProCare Advantage MM $555.96 ↓ -53%
Community First Health Plan HMO $589.60 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Highways PPO $603.00 ↓ -49%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $606.50 ↓ -49%
Humana Choicecare $620.29 ↓ -47%
Aetna New Business $627.43 ↓ -47%
Superior Star KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Aetna Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Aetna Star KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Molina Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Molina Star Plus KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Superior Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Superior Star Plus KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Superior Foster Care KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Superior Star Kids KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Community First Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Community First Star KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Community First Star Kids KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
El Paso First KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
First Care KM $635.67 ↓ -46%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $657.05 ↓ -44%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $667.45 ↓ -43%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $667.45 ↓ -43%
Aetna POS $697.14 ↓ -41%
Aetna HMO $697.14 ↓ -41%
Aetna PPO $697.14 ↓ -41%
Aetna EPO $697.14 ↓ -41%
Christus Health HIX $707.59 ↓ -40%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $737.00 ↓ -38%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $871.00 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PPO $871.00 ↓ -26%
First Health PPO $871.00 ↓ -26%
Phcs PPO $871.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna New Business $914.31 ↓ -23%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $938.00 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $958.83 ↓ -19%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,005.00 ↓ -15%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,010.84 ↓ -14%
Provider Select PPO $1,072.00 ↓ -9%
HealthSmart PPO $1,072.00 ↓ -9%
Health Management Network PPO $1,072.00 ↓ -9%
Beech Street PPO $1,072.00 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,094.00 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO $1,157.88 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,163.63 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,179.14 ↓ -0%
National Choicecare PPO $1,273.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,309.47 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,377.73 ↑ +17%

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Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $317.43 – $875.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,553.68 $295.70 – $1,942.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,337.97 $481.23 – $3,506.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,901.40 $295.70 – $2,376.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,553.68 $295.70 – $1,942.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,337.97 $316.40 – $3,506.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,337.97 $295.70 – $3,506.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,901.40 $295.70 – $2,852.10

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