Decalcification 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

$93.06

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.

$282.00

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.

$5.37 with Aetna vs $228.00 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
Aetna MM $5.37 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Payer $12.43 ↓ -87%
Aetna New Business $14.50 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO $16.11 ↓ -83%
Aetna POS $16.11 ↓ -83%
Aetna PPO $16.11 ↓ -83%
Aetna EPO $16.11 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $23.16 ↓ -75%
Aetna Star KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Community First Star KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Community First Chip KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Superior Star Kids KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Superior Foster Care KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Superior Star Plus KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Superior Chip KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Community First Star Kids KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Aetna Chip KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
El Paso First KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Superior Star KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
First Care KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $26.40 ↓ -72%
Cigna New Business $27.07 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $28.20 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $28.56 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $28.80 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Chip KM $28.80 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $28.80 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Star KM $28.80 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $28.80 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $28.80 ↓ -69%
Community First Med Adv MM $28.80 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $31.72 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $33.43 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $34.28 ↓ -63%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $36.00 ↓ -61%
Humana Choicecare $41.34 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $43.20 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Chip KM $43.20 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Star KM $43.20 ↓ -54%
Christus Health HIX $50.40 ↓ -46%
Molina Chip KM $72.00 ↓ -23%
Molina Star Plus KM $72.00 ↓ -23%
Imperial Health Plan MM $96.00 ↑ +3%
Amerigroup MM $96.00 ↑ +3%
Community First Health Plan HMO $105.60 ↑ +13%
Healthcare Highways PPO $108.00 ↑ +16%
Devoted Health Plan MM $120.00 ↑ +29%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $132.00 ↑ +42%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $144.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $156.00 ↑ +68%
First Health PPO $156.00 ↑ +68%
Multiplan PPO $156.00 ↑ +68%
Phcs PPO $156.00 ↑ +68%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $168.00 ↑ +81%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $180.00 ↑ +93%
Provider Select PPO $192.00 ↑ +106%
HealthSmart PPO $192.00 ↑ +106%
Health Management Network PPO $192.00 ↑ +106%
Beech Street PPO $192.00 ↑ +106%
Triwest VA MM $204.00 ↑ +119%
National Choicecare PPO $228.00 ↑ +145%

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