Cytopath smear other source 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

$134.31

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.

$407.00

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.

$4.48 with United Healthcare vs $386.65 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 $4.48 ↓ -97%
Texas Healthspring MM $11.50 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Plus MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Choice MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Triwest VA MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Coventry First Health MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Allwell Superior Health MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Wellcare MM $23.00 ↓ -83%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $23.69 ↓ -82%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $23.69 ↓ -82%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $24.15 ↓ -82%
US Imaging Network PPO $24.61 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Plan MM $24.84 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup MM $24.84 ↓ -82%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $25.30 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MM $25.30 ↓ -81%
Imperial Health Plan MM $25.30 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $27.60 ↓ -79%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $29.90 ↓ -78%
Christus Health HIX $32.20 ↓ -76%
Superior Star KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $44.77 ↓ -67%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $46.00 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Chip KM $48.84 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $48.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $48.84 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $48.84 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $48.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $48.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $48.84 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $59.08 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $71.96 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $72.88 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Chip KM $73.26 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $73.26 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $73.26 ↓ -45%
Aetna New Business $79.87 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $80.92 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $85.29 ↓ -36%
Aetna POS $88.74 ↓ -34%
Aetna HMO $88.74 ↓ -34%
Aetna EPO $88.74 ↓ -34%
Aetna PPO $88.74 ↓ -34%
Molina Chip KM $122.10 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $122.10 ↓ -9%
Humana Choicecare $133.52 ↓ -1%
Cigna New Business $134.61 ↑ +0%
Cigna PPO $170.47 ↑ +27%
Community First Health Plan HMO $179.08 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $183.15 ↑ +36%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $223.85 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $264.55 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $264.55 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $264.55 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $264.55 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $284.90 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $305.25 ↑ +127%
HealthSmart PPO $325.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $325.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $325.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $325.60 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $386.65 ↑ +188%

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