Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets 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

$310.86

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.

$942.00

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.

$2.00 with United Healthcare vs $894.90 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 $2.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Healthspring MM $109.03 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $113.04 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $113.04 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $113.04 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $113.04 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $113.04 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $169.56 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $169.56 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $169.56 ↓ -45%
Molina Chip KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Humana Gold Choice MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Humana Gold Plus MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Aetna Chip KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Aetna MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Aetna Star KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Coventry First Health MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Wellcare MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Molina Star Plus KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Superior Chip KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Plus KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Superior Foster Care KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Superior Star KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Kids KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Superior Star Plus MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Allwell Superior Health MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Triwest VA MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Community First Chip KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Community First Star KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Community First Star Kids KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
El Paso First KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
First Care KM $218.06 ↓ -30%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $224.60 ↓ -28%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $224.60 ↓ -28%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $228.96 ↓ -26%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $228.96 ↓ -26%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $228.96 ↓ -26%
US Imaging Network PPO $233.32 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health Plan MM $235.50 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup MM $235.50 ↓ -24%
ProCare Advantage MM $239.87 ↓ -23%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $239.87 ↓ -23%
Imperial Health Plan MM $239.87 ↓ -23%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $261.67 ↓ -16%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $283.48 ↓ -9%
Christus Health HIX $305.28 ↓ -2%
Cigna New Business $348.54 ↑ +12%
Community First Health Plan HMO $414.48 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $423.90 ↑ +36%
Aetna PPO $431.76 ↑ +39%
Aetna POS $431.76 ↑ +39%
Aetna EPO $431.76 ↑ +39%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $436.12 ↑ +40%
Humana Choicecare $471.00 ↑ +52%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $518.10 ↑ +67%
Cigna PPO $518.10 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $560.41 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $612.30 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $612.30 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $612.30 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $612.30 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $659.40 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $682.53 ↑ +120%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $691.25 ↑ +122%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $706.50 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $753.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $753.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $753.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $753.60 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $767.57 ↑ +147%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $809.00 ↑ +160%
National Choicecare PPO $894.90 ↑ +188%

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