C-reactive protein, quantitative 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

$144.21

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.

$437.00

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.

$5.32 with Texas Healthspring vs $415.15 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 $5.32 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star KM $9.93 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $9.93 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $9.93 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Plus MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Community First Star Kids KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Community First Star KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Community First Chip KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Aetna Chip KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Aetna Star KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Molina Chip KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Molina Star Plus KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
First Care KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
El Paso First KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus MM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Kids KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $10.64 ↓ -93%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $10.96 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $10.96 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $11.17 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $11.17 ↓ -92%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $11.17 ↓ -92%
US Imaging Network PPO $11.38 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MM $11.49 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MM $11.49 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MM $11.70 ↓ -92%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $11.70 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $11.70 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Payer $11.92 ↓ -92%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $12.77 ↓ -91%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $13.83 ↓ -90%
Christus Health HIX $14.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna PPO $21.06 ↓ -85%
Aetna EPO $21.06 ↓ -85%
Aetna POS $21.06 ↓ -85%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $21.28 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $23.65 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $27.34 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $33.30 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $33.73 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $37.45 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $39.47 ↓ -73%
Cigna New Business $42.81 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Chip KM $52.44 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $52.44 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $52.44 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $52.44 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $52.44 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $54.22 ↓ -62%
Community First Health Plan HMO $192.28 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $196.65 ↑ +36%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $240.35 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $284.05 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $284.05 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $284.05 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $284.05 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $305.90 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $327.75 ↑ +127%
Provider Select PPO $349.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $349.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $349.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $349.60 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $415.15 ↑ +188%

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