Car seat/bed test 60 minutes 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

$120.12

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.

$364.00

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.

$18.15 with Superior vs $259.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Superior Star KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Community First Star KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Community First Chip KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Aetna Chip KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
El Paso First KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Aetna Star KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Kids KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Superior Foster Care KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Superior Chip KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
First Care KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Community First Star Kids KM $18.15 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Chip KM $19.80 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $19.80 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $19.80 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star KM $19.80 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $19.80 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $19.80 ↓ -84%
Community First Med Adv MM $19.80 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $29.70 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Chip KM $29.70 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star KM $29.70 ↓ -75%
Coventry First Health MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Humana Gold Choice MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Humana Gold Plus MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Aetna MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Wellcare MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Superior Star Plus MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Allwell Superior Health MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Triwest VA MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Texas Healthspring MM $36.86 ↓ -69%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $37.97 ↓ -68%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $37.97 ↓ -68%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $38.70 ↓ -68%
US Imaging Network PPO $39.44 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup MM $39.81 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Plan MM $39.81 ↓ -67%
Imperial Health Plan MM $40.55 ↓ -66%
ProCare Advantage MM $40.55 ↓ -66%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $40.55 ↓ -66%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $44.23 ↓ -63%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $47.92 ↓ -60%
Molina Star Plus KM $49.50 ↓ -59%
Molina Chip KM $49.50 ↓ -59%
Christus Health HIX $51.60 ↓ -57%
Cigna New Business $61.05 ↓ -49%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $73.72 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Highways PPO $74.25 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $81.23 ↓ -32%
Community First Health Plan HMO $84.15 ↓ -30%
Aetna New Business $89.10 ↓ -26%
Cigna PPO $90.75 ↓ -24%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $90.75 ↓ -24%
Aetna HMO $99.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna PPO $99.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna POS $99.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna EPO $99.00 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $99.62 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $100.96 ↓ -16%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $107.25 ↓ -11%
First Health PPO $107.25 ↓ -11%
Phcs PPO $107.25 ↓ -11%
Multiplan PPO $107.25 ↓ -11%
Humana Choicecare $109.65 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $111.99 ↓ -7%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $115.50 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $118.34 ↓ -1%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $123.75 ↑ +3%
Beech Street PPO $132.00 ↑ +10%
Health Management Network PPO $132.00 ↑ +10%
Provider Select PPO $132.00 ↑ +10%
HealthSmart PPO $132.00 ↑ +10%
National Choicecare PPO $156.75 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare All Payer $259.00 ↑ +116%

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