Dch validity tests 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

$114.18

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.

$346.00

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.

$1.28 with United Healthcare vs $84.55 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 $1.28 ↓ -99%
Texas Healthspring MM $1.74 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Chip KM $2.92 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $2.92 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $2.92 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Community First Star Kids KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Community First Star KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna Chip KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna Star KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Coventry First Health MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Community First Chip KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Chip KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Star Plus KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Superior Chip KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
First Care KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
El Paso First KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Humana Gold Plus MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Triwest VA MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Allwell Superior Health MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Plus MM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Superior Star Kids KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $3.48 ↓ -97%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $3.58 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $3.58 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $3.65 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $3.65 ↓ -97%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3.65 ↓ -97%
US Imaging Network PPO $3.72 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3.76 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MM $3.76 ↓ -97%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3.83 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MM $3.83 ↓ -97%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3.83 ↓ -97%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $4.18 ↓ -96%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $4.52 ↓ -96%
Christus Health HIX $4.87 ↓ -96%
Humana Choicecare $6.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna EPO $6.90 ↓ -94%
Aetna PPO $6.90 ↓ -94%
Aetna POS $6.90 ↓ -94%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $6.96 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $8.94 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business $10.44 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star KM $10.68 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Chip KM $10.68 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $10.68 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $10.68 ↓ -91%
Community First Med Adv MM $10.68 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $10.89 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $11.03 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $12.25 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $12.91 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $13.22 ↓ -88%
Community First Health Plan HMO $39.16 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways PPO $40.05 ↓ -65%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $48.95 ↓ -57%
First Health PPO $57.85 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PPO $57.85 ↓ -49%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $57.85 ↓ -49%
Phcs PPO $57.85 ↓ -49%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $62.30 ↓ -45%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $66.75 ↓ -42%
Beech Street PPO $71.20 ↓ -38%
Health Management Network PPO $71.20 ↓ -38%
Provider Select PPO $71.20 ↓ -38%
HealthSmart PPO $71.20 ↓ -38%
National Choicecare PPO $84.55 ↓ -26%

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