Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$89.10

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.

$270.00

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.

$2.42 with United Healthcare vs $197.60 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 $2.42 ↓ -97%
Texas Healthspring MM $9.48 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Chip KM $17.70 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $17.70 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star KM $17.70 ↓ -80%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Community First Star Kids KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Community First Star KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Aetna Chip KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Aetna MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Aetna Star KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Coventry First Health MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Community First Chip KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Molina Chip KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Molina Star Plus KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Superior Chip KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
First Care KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
El Paso First KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Humana Gold Choice MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Humana Gold Plus MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Superior Foster Care KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Triwest VA MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Wellcare MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Allwell Superior Health MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus MM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Kids KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Superior Star KM $18.96 ↓ -79%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $19.53 ↓ -78%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $19.53 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $19.91 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $19.91 ↓ -78%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $19.91 ↓ -78%
US Imaging Network PPO $20.29 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup MM $20.48 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Plan MM $20.48 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage MM $20.86 ↓ -77%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $20.86 ↓ -77%
Imperial Health Plan MM $20.86 ↓ -77%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $22.75 ↓ -74%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $24.65 ↓ -72%
Community First Med Adv MM $24.96 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $24.96 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star KM $24.96 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $24.96 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Chip KM $24.96 ↓ -72%
Christus Health HIX $26.54 ↓ -70%
Aetna EPO $37.53 ↓ -58%
Aetna POS $37.53 ↓ -58%
Aetna PPO $37.53 ↓ -58%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $37.92 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $48.73 ↓ -45%
Humana Choicecare $49.94 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $59.34 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $60.10 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $66.74 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $70.34 ↓ -21%
Cigna New Business $75.16 ↓ -16%
Community First Health Plan HMO $91.52 ↑ +3%
Healthcare Highways PPO $93.60 ↑ +5%
Cigna PPO $95.18 ↑ +7%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $114.40 ↑ +28%
Multiplan PPO $135.20 ↑ +52%
First Health PPO $135.20 ↑ +52%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $135.20 ↑ +52%
Phcs PPO $135.20 ↑ +52%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $145.60 ↑ +63%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $156.00 ↑ +75%
Beech Street PPO $166.40 ↑ +87%
Health Management Network PPO $166.40 ↑ +87%
Provider Select PPO $166.40 ↑ +87%
HealthSmart PPO $166.40 ↑ +87%
National Choicecare PPO $197.60 ↑ +122%

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