Cytopath c/v auto in fluid 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

$139.26

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$422.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$12.69 with Texas Healthspring vs $400.90 with National Choicecare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Texas Healthspring MM $12.69 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star KM $21.31 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Chip KM $21.31 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $21.31 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Plus MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
El Paso First KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Community First Star Kids KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Community First Star KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Community First Chip KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Aetna Chip KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Aetna MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Kids KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Aetna Star KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Coventry First Health MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Plus MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Molina Chip KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Molina Star Plus KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Superior Star KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Superior Foster Care KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Allwell Superior Health MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Plus KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Superior Chip KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Triwest VA MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Wellcare MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
First Care KM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Humana Gold Choice MM $25.37 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $26.13 ↓ -81%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $26.13 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $26.64 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $26.64 ↓ -81%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $26.64 ↓ -81%
US Imaging Network PPO $27.15 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MM $27.40 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Plan MM $27.40 ↓ -80%
ProCare Advantage MM $27.91 ↓ -80%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $27.91 ↓ -80%
Imperial Health Plan MM $27.91 ↓ -80%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $30.44 ↓ -78%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $32.98 ↓ -76%
Christus Health HIX $35.52 ↓ -74%
Aetna New Business $45.20 ↓ -68%
Aetna POS $50.22 ↓ -64%
Aetna EPO $50.22 ↓ -64%
Aetna HMO $50.22 ↓ -64%
Aetna PPO $50.22 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $50.64 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $50.64 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $50.64 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $50.64 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $50.64 ↓ -64%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $50.74 ↓ -64%
Humana Choicecare $56.28 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $65.20 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare All Payer $68.35 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $79.41 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $80.42 ↓ -42%
Cigna New Business $85.60 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $89.30 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $94.12 ↓ -32%
Cigna PPO $108.40 ↓ -22%
Community First Health Plan HMO $185.68 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $189.90 ↑ +36%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $232.10 ↑ +67%
First Health PPO $274.30 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $274.30 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $274.30 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $274.30 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $295.40 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $316.50 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $337.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $337.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $337.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $337.60 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $400.90 ↑ +188%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Cytopath c/v auto in fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $21.31 – $79.43
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
Methodist Celina Medical Center Celina $24.50 $23.44 – $63.43
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $24.50 $20.24 – $87.20
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $24.50 $20.24 – $115.37
Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Midlothian $24.50 $20.24 – $87.20

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →