Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$60.06
Cash price 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.
$182.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.66 with Aetna 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | MM | $7.66 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| El Paso First | KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Community First | Star KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| First Care | KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $9.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $9.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $9.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $9.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $9.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $9.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $9.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $9.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $12.45 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $14.94 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $14.94 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $14.94 | ↓ -75% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $17.43 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $21.02 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $24.90 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $24.90 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $25.78 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $26.12 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $28.98 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $30.62 | ↓ -49% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $33.20 | ↓ -45% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $33.20 | ↓ -45% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $37.35 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $41.50 | ↓ -31% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $42.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $42.36 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | New Business | $44.82 | ↓ -25% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $45.65 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | POS | $49.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | EPO | $49.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $49.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | PPO | $49.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | HMO | $49.80 | ↓ -17% |
| First Health | PPO | $53.95 | ↓ -10% |
| Phcs | PPO | $53.95 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $53.95 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $53.95 | ↓ -10% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $58.10 | ↓ -3% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $62.25 | ↑ +4% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $66.40 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $66.40 | ↑ +11% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $66.40 | ↑ +11% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $66.40 | ↑ +11% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $70.55 | ↑ +17% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $78.85 | ↑ +31% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $259.00 | ↑ +331% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $170.72 | $26.56 – $241.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $185.68 | $26.12 – $278.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $172.69 | $26.12 – $215.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $170.72 | $20.24 – $241.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $185.68 | $31.92 – $278.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $185.68 | $95.94 – $278.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $172.69 | $26.12 – $259.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $170.72 | $26.56 – $241.86 |