Consultation pathology during surgery at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$47.85
Cash price 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.
$145.00
Gross charge 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.
$15.95 with Aetna vs $171.12 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Chip KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| El Paso First | KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| First Care | KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $15.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $17.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $17.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $17.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $17.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $17.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $17.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $17.40 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $26.10 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $26.10 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $26.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $27.89 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $43.50 | ↓ -9% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $43.50 | ↓ -9% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Wellcare | MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $55.78 | ↑ +17% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $57.45 | ↑ +20% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $57.45 | ↑ +20% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $58.57 | ↑ +22% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $59.68 | ↑ +25% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $60.24 | ↑ +26% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $60.24 | ↑ +26% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $61.36 | ↑ +28% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $61.36 | ↑ +28% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $61.36 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | New Business | $61.61 | ↑ +29% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $63.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $65.25 | ↑ +36% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $66.94 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | EPO | $68.46 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | HMO | $68.46 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | POS | $68.46 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | PPO | $68.46 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | New Business | $71.30 | ↑ +49% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $72.51 | ↑ +52% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $78.09 | ↑ +63% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $79.75 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $85.92 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | PPO | $90.29 | ↑ +89% |
| Phcs | PPO | $94.25 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $94.25 | ↑ +97% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $94.25 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | PPO | $94.25 | ↑ +97% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $97.69 | ↑ +104% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $101.50 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $104.64 | ↑ +119% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $105.97 | ↑ +121% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $108.75 | ↑ +127% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $111.56 | ↑ +133% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $116.00 | ↑ +142% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $116.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $116.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $116.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $117.67 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $124.03 | ↑ +159% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $137.75 | ↑ +188% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $171.12 | ↑ +258% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $137.88 – $137.88 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $134.66 | $35.00 – $168.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $45.01 | $9.26 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $34.61 | $6.92 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $134.66 | $35.00 – $168.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $45.01 | $14.45 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $45.01 | $23.25 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $34.61 | $11.54 – $151.53 |