Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$226.71

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.

$687.00

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.

$18.43 with Texas Healthspring vs $192.85 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 $18.43 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Payer $21.68 ↓ -90%
Superior Star KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Superior Foster Care KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Community First Star Kids KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Community First Star KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Aetna Chip KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
El Paso First KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Community First Chip KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Aetna Star KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Kids KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Superior Chip KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
First Care KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $22.33 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $24.36 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $24.36 ↓ -89%
Community First Med Adv MM $24.36 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Chip KM $24.36 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $24.36 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $24.36 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star KM $24.36 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Chip KM $36.54 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star KM $36.54 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $36.54 ↓ -84%
Coventry First Health MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Humana Gold Choice MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Humana Gold Plus MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Aetna MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Wellcare MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Superior Star Plus MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Allwell Superior Health MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Triwest VA MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $36.86 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $37.97 ↓ -83%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $37.97 ↓ -83%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $38.70 ↓ -83%
US Imaging Network PPO $39.44 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health Plan MM $39.81 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup MM $39.81 ↓ -82%
ProCare Advantage MM $40.55 ↓ -82%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $40.55 ↓ -82%
Imperial Health Plan MM $40.55 ↓ -82%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $44.23 ↓ -80%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $47.92 ↓ -79%
Christus Health HIX $51.60 ↓ -77%
Molina Star Plus KM $60.90 ↓ -73%
Molina Chip KM $60.90 ↓ -73%
Aetna New Business $72.79 ↓ -68%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $73.72 ↓ -67%
Aetna POS $80.88 ↓ -64%
Aetna HMO $80.88 ↓ -64%
Aetna EPO $80.88 ↓ -64%
Aetna PPO $80.88 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $85.92 ↓ -62%
Community First Health Plan HMO $89.32 ↓ -61%
Healthcare Highways PPO $91.35 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $104.64 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $105.97 ↓ -53%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $111.65 ↓ -51%
Humana Choicecare $115.30 ↓ -49%
Cigna New Business $115.81 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $117.67 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $124.03 ↓ -45%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $131.95 ↓ -42%
Multiplan PPO $131.95 ↓ -42%
First Health PPO $131.95 ↓ -42%
Phcs PPO $131.95 ↓ -42%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $142.10 ↓ -37%
Cigna PPO $146.66 ↓ -35%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $152.25 ↓ -33%
Beech Street PPO $162.40 ↓ -28%
HealthSmart PPO $162.40 ↓ -28%
Health Management Network PPO $162.40 ↓ -28%
Provider Select PPO $162.40 ↓ -28%
National Choicecare PPO $192.85 ↓ -15%

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