Chest X-ray (single view) 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

$336.93

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.

$1,021.00

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.

$20.71 with United Healthcare vs $969.95 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 Chip KM $20.71 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $20.71 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $20.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna New Business $37.94 ↓ -89%
Texas Healthspring MM $41.34 ↓ -88%
Aetna EPO $42.15 ↓ -87%
Aetna HMO $42.15 ↓ -87%
Aetna PPO $42.15 ↓ -87%
Aetna POS $42.15 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Allwell Superior Health MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Wellcare MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Coventry First Health MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Aetna MM $82.68 ↓ -75%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -75%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -75%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $86.81 ↓ -74%
US Imaging Network PPO $88.47 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health Plan MM $89.29 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup MM $89.29 ↓ -73%
ProCare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -73%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -73%
Imperial Health Plan MM $90.95 ↓ -73%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $99.22 ↓ -71%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $107.48 ↓ -68%
Superior Star KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Aetna Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Aetna Star KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Molina Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Molina Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Superior Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Superior Foster Care KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Community First Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Community First Star KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Community First Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
El Paso First KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
First Care KM $109.47 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -66%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -66%
Christus Health HIX $115.75 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Star KM $122.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $122.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $122.52 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $122.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $122.52 ↓ -64%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $165.36 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $246.61 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $299.29 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $303.28 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $336.80 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $354.36 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business $377.77 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare All Payer $428.82 ↑ +27%
Community First Health Plan HMO $449.24 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $459.45 ↑ +36%
Humana Choicecare $510.50 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $561.55 ↑ +67%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $561.55 ↑ +67%
Phcs PPO $663.65 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $663.65 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $663.65 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $663.65 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $714.70 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $765.75 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $816.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $816.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $816.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $816.80 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $969.95 ↑ +188%

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