Bundled special stain group 2 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

$211.53

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.

$641.00

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.

$23.54 with Aetna vs $242.06 with Naphcare Inc. — 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
Aetna Chip KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
First Care KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
El Paso First KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Community First Star Kids KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Community First Star KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Kids KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Superior Foster Care KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Superior Chip KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Community First Chip KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Aetna Star KM $23.54 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $25.68 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Chip KM $25.68 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star KM $25.68 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $25.68 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $25.68 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $25.68 ↓ -88%
Community First Med Adv MM $25.68 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $38.52 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Chip KM $38.52 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star KM $38.52 ↓ -82%
Texas Healthspring MM $60.52 ↓ -71%
Molina Chip KM $64.20 ↓ -70%
Molina Star Plus KM $64.20 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $85.92 ↓ -59%
Community First Health Plan HMO $94.16 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Highways PPO $96.30 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $104.64 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $105.97 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $117.67 ↓ -44%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $117.70 ↓ -44%
Aetna New Business $119.31 ↓ -44%
Humana Gold Choice MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Superior Star Plus MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Wellcare MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Coventry First Health MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Aetna MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Humana Gold Plus MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Allwell Superior Health MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Triwest VA MM $121.03 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $124.03 ↓ -41%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $124.66 ↓ -41%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $124.66 ↓ -41%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $127.08 ↓ -40%
Humana Choicecare $127.12 ↓ -40%
US Imaging Network PPO $129.50 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health Plan MM $130.71 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup MM $130.71 ↓ -38%
Aetna POS $132.57 ↓ -37%
Aetna HMO $132.57 ↓ -37%
Aetna EPO $132.57 ↓ -37%
Aetna PPO $132.57 ↓ -37%
Imperial Health Plan MM $133.13 ↓ -37%
ProCare Advantage MM $133.13 ↓ -37%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $133.13 ↓ -37%
First Health PPO $139.10 ↓ -34%
Multiplan PPO $139.10 ↓ -34%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $139.10 ↓ -34%
Phcs PPO $139.10 ↓ -34%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $145.24 ↓ -31%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $149.80 ↓ -29%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $157.34 ↓ -26%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $160.50 ↓ -24%
Cigna New Business $169.06 ↓ -20%
Christus Health HIX $169.44 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart PPO $171.20 ↓ -19%
Provider Select PPO $171.20 ↓ -19%
Health Management Network PPO $171.20 ↓ -19%
Beech Street PPO $171.20 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare All Payer $172.16 ↓ -19%
National Choicecare PPO $203.30 ↓ -4%
Cigna PPO $214.09 ↑ +1%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $242.06 ↑ +14%

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