Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$313.17
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.
$949.00
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.
$55.73 with Aetna vs $2,330.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | New Business | $55.73 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | PPO | $61.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | EPO | $61.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | HMO | $61.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | POS | $61.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Superior | Star KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Community First | Star KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| First Care | KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| El Paso First | KM | $68.75 | ↓ -78% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $75.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $75.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $75.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $75.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $75.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $75.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $75.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | New Business | $84.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | PPO | $107.01 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $112.50 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $112.50 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $112.50 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $171.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $175.81 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $187.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $187.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $275.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $281.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $343.75 | ↑ +10% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $383.53 | ↑ +22% |
| First Health | PPO | $406.25 | ↑ +30% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $406.25 | ↑ +30% |
| Phcs | PPO | $406.25 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $406.25 | ↑ +30% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $437.50 | ↑ +40% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $468.75 | ↑ +50% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $500.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $500.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $500.00 | ↑ +60% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $500.00 | ↑ +60% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $593.75 | ↑ +90% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Wellcare | MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $767.05 | ↑ +145% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $790.06 | ↑ +152% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $790.06 | ↑ +152% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $805.40 | ↑ +157% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $820.74 | ↑ +162% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $828.41 | ↑ +165% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $828.41 | ↑ +165% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $843.76 | ↑ +169% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $843.76 | ↑ +169% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $843.76 | ↑ +169% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $920.46 | ↑ +194% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $997.17 | ↑ +218% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $1,073.87 | ↑ +243% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $1,534.10 | ↑ +390% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $1,614.47 | ↑ +416% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $1,966.27 | ↑ +528% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $1,991.39 | ↑ +536% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $2,211.26 | ↑ +606% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $2,330.62 | ↑ +644% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $461.95 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $519.69 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $519.69 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $461.95 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $519.69 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $519.69 | $26.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $519.69 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $461.95 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |