C-reactive protein 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

$82.83

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.

$251.00

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.

$2.59 with Texas Healthspring vs $134.90 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
Texas Healthspring MM $2.59 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $4.83 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4.83 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4.83 ↓ -94%
Humana Gold Plus MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Community First Star Kids KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Community First Star KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Community First Chip KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna Chip KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna Star KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Coventry First Health MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Molina Chip KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Molina Star Plus KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
First Care KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
El Paso First KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Chip KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Triwest VA MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Allwell Superior Health MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Plus MM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Kids KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Star KM $5.18 ↓ -94%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $5.34 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5.34 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5.44 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5.44 ↓ -93%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $5.44 ↓ -93%
US Imaging Network PPO $5.54 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MM $5.59 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MM $5.59 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MM $5.70 ↓ -93%
Imperial Health Plan MM $5.70 ↓ -93%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $5.70 ↓ -93%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $6.22 ↓ -92%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $6.73 ↓ -92%
Christus Health HIX $7.25 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.53 ↓ -90%
Aetna EPO $10.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna PPO $10.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna POS $10.26 ↓ -88%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $10.36 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $13.31 ↓ -84%
Humana Choicecare $13.63 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $16.21 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $16.42 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $17.04 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star KM $17.04 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $17.04 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Chip KM $17.04 ↓ -79%
Community First Med Adv MM $17.04 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $18.23 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $19.22 ↓ -77%
Cigna New Business $20.87 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $26.43 ↓ -68%
Community First Health Plan HMO $62.48 ↓ -25%
Healthcare Highways PPO $63.90 ↓ -23%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $78.10 ↓ -6%
First Health PPO $92.30 ↑ +11%
Multiplan PPO $92.30 ↑ +11%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $92.30 ↑ +11%
Phcs PPO $92.30 ↑ +11%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $99.40 ↑ +20%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $106.50 ↑ +29%
Provider Select PPO $113.60 ↑ +37%
HealthSmart PPO $113.60 ↑ +37%
Beech Street PPO $113.60 ↑ +37%
Health Management Network PPO $113.60 ↑ +37%
National Choicecare PPO $134.90 ↑ +63%

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