Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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

$117.48

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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.

$356.00

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.

$5.62 with United Healthcare vs $190.95 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 All Payer $5.62 ↓ -95%
Texas Healthspring MM $6.70 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Chip KM $12.50 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $12.50 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Star KM $12.50 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Community First Star Kids KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Community First Star KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Aetna Chip KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Aetna MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Community First Chip KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Aetna Star KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Coventry First Health MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Allwell Superior Health MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
First Care KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Humana Gold Choice MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Humana Gold Plus MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
El Paso First KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Triwest VA MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Wellcare MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Superior Chip KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Superior Foster Care KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Kids KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Molina Chip KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Molina Star Plus KM $13.39 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $13.79 ↓ -88%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $13.79 ↓ -88%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $14.06 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $14.06 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $14.06 ↓ -88%
US Imaging Network PPO $14.33 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Plan MM $14.46 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MM $14.46 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantage MM $14.73 ↓ -87%
Imperial Health Plan MM $14.73 ↓ -87%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $14.73 ↓ -87%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $16.07 ↓ -86%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $17.41 ↓ -85%
Christus Health HIX $18.75 ↓ -84%
Aetna New Business $23.87 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Chip KM $24.12 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $24.12 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star KM $24.12 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $24.12 ↓ -79%
Community First Med Adv MM $24.12 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO $26.52 ↓ -77%
Aetna POS $26.52 ↓ -77%
Aetna EPO $26.52 ↓ -77%
Aetna PPO $26.52 ↓ -77%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $26.78 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $34.41 ↓ -71%
Humana Choicecare $35.27 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $41.91 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $42.45 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $47.13 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $49.68 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business $79.34 ↓ -32%
Community First Health Plan HMO $88.44 ↓ -25%
Healthcare Highways PPO $90.45 ↓ -23%
Cigna PPO $100.48 ↓ -14%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $110.55 ↓ -6%
First Health PPO $130.65 ↑ +11%
Multiplan PPO $130.65 ↑ +11%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $130.65 ↑ +11%
Phcs PPO $130.65 ↑ +11%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $140.70 ↑ +20%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $150.75 ↑ +28%
Beech Street PPO $160.80 ↑ +37%
Provider Select PPO $160.80 ↑ +37%
HealthSmart PPO $160.80 ↑ +37%
Health Management Network PPO $160.80 ↑ +37%
National Choicecare PPO $190.95 ↑ +63%

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