Cholesterol 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

$52.47

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.

$159.00

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.

$1.95 with United Healthcare vs $112.10 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 $1.95 ↓ -96%
Texas Healthspring MM $2.18 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4.07 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4.07 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star KM $4.07 ↓ -92%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Community First Star Kids KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Community First Star KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna Chip KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna Star KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Coventry First Health MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Community First Chip KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Molina Chip KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Molina Star Plus KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Superior Chip KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
First Care KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
El Paso First KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Humana Gold Choice MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Humana Gold Plus MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Superior Foster Care KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Superior Star Plus KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Triwest VA MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Allwell Superior Health MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Superior Star Plus MM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Superior Star Kids KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Superior Star KM $4.35 ↓ -92%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $4.48 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $4.48 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $4.57 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $4.57 ↓ -91%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $4.57 ↓ -91%
US Imaging Network PPO $4.65 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Plan MM $4.70 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MM $4.70 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantage MM $4.79 ↓ -91%
Imperial Health Plan MM $4.79 ↓ -91%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $4.79 ↓ -91%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $5.22 ↓ -90%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $5.66 ↓ -89%
Christus Health HIX $6.09 ↓ -88%
Aetna EPO $8.61 ↓ -84%
Aetna PPO $8.61 ↓ -84%
Aetna POS $8.61 ↓ -84%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $8.70 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $11.18 ↓ -79%
Humana Choicecare $11.46 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $13.62 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $13.79 ↓ -74%
Community First Med Adv MM $14.16 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $14.16 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star KM $14.16 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $14.16 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Chip KM $14.16 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $15.31 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $16.14 ↓ -69%
Cigna New Business $17.76 ↓ -66%
Cigna PPO $22.49 ↓ -57%
Community First Health Plan HMO $51.92 ↓ -1%
Healthcare Highways PPO $53.10 ↑ +1%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $64.90 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO $76.70 ↑ +46%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $76.70 ↑ +46%
Phcs PPO $76.70 ↑ +46%
First Health PPO $76.70 ↑ +46%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $82.60 ↑ +57%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $88.50 ↑ +69%
Provider Select PPO $94.40 ↑ +80%
Beech Street PPO $94.40 ↑ +80%
Health Management Network PPO $94.40 ↑ +80%
HealthSmart PPO $94.40 ↑ +80%
National Choicecare PPO $112.10 ↑ +114%

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