Cell function assay w/stim 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

$313.50

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.

$950.00

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.

$7.73 with United Healthcare vs $902.50 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 $7.73 ↓ -98%
Texas Healthspring MM $67.93 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $114.00 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $114.00 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $114.00 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $114.00 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $114.00 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $126.81 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Chip KM $126.81 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Star KM $126.81 ↓ -60%
Molina Chip KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Humana Gold Choice MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Humana Gold Plus MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Aetna Chip KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Aetna MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Aetna Star KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Coventry First Health MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Wellcare MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Molina Star Plus KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Superior Chip KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Superior Star Plus KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Superior Foster Care KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Superior Star KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Superior Star Kids KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Superior Star Plus MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Allwell Superior Health MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Triwest VA MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Community First Chip KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Community First Star KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Community First Star Kids KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
El Paso First KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
First Care KM $135.86 ↓ -57%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $139.94 ↓ -55%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $139.94 ↓ -55%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $142.65 ↓ -54%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $142.65 ↓ -54%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $142.65 ↓ -54%
US Imaging Network PPO $145.37 ↓ -54%
Devoted Health Plan MM $146.73 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup MM $146.73 ↓ -53%
ProCare Advantage MM $149.45 ↓ -52%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $149.45 ↓ -52%
Imperial Health Plan MM $149.45 ↓ -52%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $163.03 ↓ -48%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $176.62 ↓ -44%
Christus Health HIX $190.20 ↓ -39%
Aetna PPO $269.01 ↓ -14%
Aetna POS $269.01 ↓ -14%
Aetna EPO $269.01 ↓ -14%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $271.72 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $349.16 ↑ +11%
Humana Choicecare $357.83 ↑ +14%
Community First Health Plan HMO $418.00 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $425.24 ↑ +36%
Healthcare Highways PPO $427.50 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $430.68 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $478.23 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $504.04 ↑ +61%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $522.50 ↑ +67%
Cigna New Business $541.86 ↑ +73%
Phcs PPO $617.50 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $617.50 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $617.50 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $617.50 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $665.00 ↑ +112%
Cigna PPO $686.21 ↑ +119%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $712.50 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $760.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $760.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $760.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $760.00 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $902.50 ↑ +188%

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