Coombs direct 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

$56.43

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.

$171.00

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.

$5.03 with United Healthcare vs $161.50 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 Star Plus KM $5.03 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star KM $5.03 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Chip KM $5.03 ↓ -91%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Community First Star Kids KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Community First Star KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Community First Chip KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Kids KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Superior Star KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Aetna Chip KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Aetna Star KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Superior Chip KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Molina Star Plus KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Molina Chip KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
First Care KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
El Paso First KM $5.39 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5.66 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5.66 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare All Payer $10.18 ↓ -82%
Aetna POS $10.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna EPO $10.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $10.68 ↓ -81%
Humana Choicecare $14.19 ↓ -75%
Community First Med Adv MM $20.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $20.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $20.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $20.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $20.40 ↓ -64%
Cigna New Business $21.91 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $27.75 ↓ -51%
Texas Healthspring MM $27.89 ↓ -51%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Humana Gold Choice MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Humana Gold Plus MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Coventry First Health MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Aetna MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Superior Star Plus MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Allwell Superior Health MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Triwest VA MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Wellcare MM $55.78 ↓ -1%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $57.45 ↑ +2%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $57.45 ↑ +2%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $58.57 ↑ +4%
US Imaging Network PPO $59.68 ↑ +6%
Devoted Health Plan MM $60.24 ↑ +7%
Amerigroup MM $60.24 ↑ +7%
ProCare Advantage MM $61.36 ↑ +9%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $61.36 ↑ +9%
Imperial Health Plan MM $61.36 ↑ +9%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $66.94 ↑ +19%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $72.51 ↑ +28%
Community First Health Plan HMO $74.80 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $76.50 ↑ +36%
Christus Health HIX $78.09 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $85.92 ↑ +52%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $93.50 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $104.64 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $105.97 ↑ +88%
Multiplan PPO $110.50 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $110.50 ↑ +96%
First Health PPO $110.50 ↑ +96%
Phcs PPO $110.50 ↑ +96%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $111.56 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $117.67 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $119.00 ↑ +111%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $124.03 ↑ +120%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $127.50 ↑ +126%
Health Management Network PPO $136.00 ↑ +141%
HealthSmart PPO $136.00 ↑ +141%
Provider Select PPO $136.00 ↑ +141%
Beech Street PPO $136.00 ↑ +141%
National Choicecare PPO $161.50 ↑ +186%

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