Culture urine each isolate 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

$232.98

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.

$706.00

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.

$4.05 with Texas Healthspring vs $432.25 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
Texas Healthspring MM $4.05 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare All Payer $5.26 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Chip KM $7.55 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $7.55 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $7.55 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Community First Star Kids KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Community First Star KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Aetna Chip KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Aetna MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Community First Chip KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Aetna Star KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Coventry First Health MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Allwell Superior Health MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
First Care KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Choice MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Plus MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
El Paso First KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Triwest VA MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Superior Chip KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Kids KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Molina Chip KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Molina Star Plus KM $8.09 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $8.33 ↓ -96%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $8.33 ↓ -96%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $8.49 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $8.49 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $8.49 ↓ -96%
US Imaging Network PPO $8.66 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MM $8.74 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MM $8.74 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MM $8.90 ↓ -96%
Imperial Health Plan MM $8.90 ↓ -96%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8.90 ↓ -96%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $9.71 ↓ -96%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $10.52 ↓ -95%
Christus Health HIX $11.33 ↓ -95%
Aetna New Business $14.42 ↓ -94%
Aetna HMO $16.02 ↓ -93%
Aetna PPO $16.02 ↓ -93%
Aetna EPO $16.02 ↓ -93%
Aetna POS $16.02 ↓ -93%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $16.18 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $20.79 ↓ -91%
Humana Choicecare $21.31 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $25.32 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $25.65 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $28.48 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $30.01 ↓ -87%
Cigna New Business $32.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $41.00 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Chip KM $54.60 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $54.60 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star KM $54.60 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $54.60 ↓ -77%
Community First Med Adv MM $54.60 ↓ -77%
Community First Health Plan HMO $200.20 ↓ -14%
Healthcare Highways PPO $204.75 ↓ -12%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $250.25 ↑ +7%
Multiplan PPO $295.75 ↑ +27%
Phcs PPO $295.75 ↑ +27%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $295.75 ↑ +27%
First Health PPO $295.75 ↑ +27%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $318.50 ↑ +37%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $341.25 ↑ +46%
Beech Street PPO $364.00 ↑ +56%
Provider Select PPO $364.00 ↑ +56%
Health Management Network PPO $364.00 ↑ +56%
HealthSmart PPO $364.00 ↑ +56%
National Choicecare PPO $432.25 ↑ +86%

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