CT scan for localization 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

$832.92

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.

$2,524.00

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.

$219.04 with Aetna vs $2,397.80 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
Aetna MM $219.04 ↓ -74%
First Care KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $277.64 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star KM $302.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $302.88 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $302.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $302.88 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $302.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $302.88 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $302.88 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $378.60 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $454.32 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $454.32 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $454.32 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $521.16 ↓ -37%
Christus Health HIX $530.04 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $632.48 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $640.91 ↓ -23%
Community First Health Plan HMO $673.00 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $711.75 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $748.85 ↓ -10%
Molina Chip KM $757.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $757.20 ↓ -9%
Humana Choicecare $779.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna New Business $821.00 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare All Payer $855.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna POS $912.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna EPO $912.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna PPO $912.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna HMO $912.00 ↑ +9%
Healthcare Highways PPO $988.00 ↑ +19%
Amerigroup MM $1,009.60 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,009.60 ↑ +21%
Cigna New Business $1,028.00 ↑ +23%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,262.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $1,306.00 ↑ +57%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,388.20 ↑ +67%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,500.00 ↑ +80%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,514.40 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,609.00 ↑ +93%
Phcs PPO $1,640.60 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,640.60 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $1,640.60 ↑ +97%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,893.00 ↑ +127%
HealthSmart PPO $2,019.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,019.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $2,019.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $2,019.20 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $2,145.40 ↑ +158%
National Choicecare PPO $2,397.80 ↑ +188%

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