Calcium acetate(phosphate binders) 667 mg tablet 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

$20.29

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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.

$61.49

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.

$0.03 with United Healthcare vs $19.47 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
United Healthcare All Payer $0.03 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $0.05 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $0.06 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $0.07 ↓ -100%
Community First Star Kids KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Community First Star KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Community First Chip KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Aetna Chip KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Aetna Star KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Kids KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Superior Foster Care KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
First Care KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
El Paso First KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Superior Chip KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $2.25 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $2.46 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Chip KM $2.46 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $2.46 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star KM $2.46 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $2.46 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $2.46 ↓ -88%
Community First Med Adv MM $2.46 ↓ -88%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.07 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Chip KM $3.69 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $3.69 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star KM $3.69 ↓ -82%
Christus Health HIX $4.30 ↓ -79%
Aetna MM $4.71 ↓ -77%
Molina Chip KM $6.15 ↓ -70%
Molina Star Plus KM $6.15 ↓ -70%
Cigna New Business $7.58 ↓ -63%
Imperial Health Plan MM $8.20 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup MM $8.20 ↓ -60%
Healthcare Highways PPO $9.22 ↓ -55%
Humana Choicecare $10.25 ↓ -49%
Devoted Health Plan MM $10.25 ↓ -49%
Community First Health Plan HMO $10.45 ↓ -48%
Aetna New Business $11.07 ↓ -45%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $11.27 ↓ -44%
Cigna PPO $11.27 ↓ -44%
Aetna PPO $12.30 ↓ -39%
Aetna POS $12.30 ↓ -39%
Aetna HMO $12.30 ↓ -39%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $12.30 ↓ -39%
Phcs PPO $12.30 ↓ -39%
Aetna EPO $12.30 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PPO $12.30 ↓ -39%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $13.32 ↓ -34%
First Health PPO $13.32 ↓ -34%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $14.35 ↓ -29%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $15.37 ↓ -24%
Health Management Network PPO $16.40 ↓ -19%
Provider Select PPO $16.40 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart PPO $16.40 ↓ -19%
Beech Street PPO $16.40 ↓ -19%
Triwest VA MM $17.42 ↓ -14%
National Choicecare PPO $19.47 ↓ -4%

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