Dexamethasone intra implant at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$193.02 with Coventry vs $950.55 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Coventry | First Health MM | $193.02 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $193.02 | — |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $193.02 | — |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $193.02 | — |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $193.02 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $193.02 | — |
| Triwest | VA MM | $193.02 | — |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $193.02 | — |
| Aetna | MM | $193.02 | — |
| United Healthcare | MM | $193.02 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $193.02 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $193.02 | — |
| Wellcare | MM | $193.02 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $198.81 | — |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $198.81 | — |
| Allwell | Superior Medicare Advantage | $199.21 | — |
| Washington National | Supp MM | $199.21 | — |
| Humana | MM | $199.21 | — |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $200.10 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | $200.10 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $200.10 | — |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $200.10 | — |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $202.67 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $204.68 | — |
| First Care | KM | $204.68 | — |
| El Paso First | KM | $204.68 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $204.68 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $204.68 | — |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $204.68 | — |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $204.68 | — |
| Community First | Star KM | $204.68 | — |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $204.68 | — |
| Aetna | Star KM | $204.68 | — |
| Molina | Chip KM | $204.68 | — |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $204.68 | — |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $204.68 | — |
| Superior | Star KM | $204.68 | — |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $204.68 | — |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $204.68 | — |
| Superior | Chip KM | $204.68 | — |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Advantage MM | $205.19 | — |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $205.24 | — |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $206.53 | — |
| Amerigroup | MM | $208.46 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $208.46 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Kids KM | $208.77 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star KM | $208.77 | — |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $212.32 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $212.32 | — |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $212.32 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $214.91 | — |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $214.91 | — |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $214.91 | — |
| Community First | Chip KM | $214.91 | — |
| Community First | Star Plus KM | $214.91 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $214.91 | — |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $231.62 | — |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $250.93 | — |
| Christus Health | HIX | $270.23 | — |
| Aetna | New Business | $367.95 | — |
| Humana | Choicecare | $385.42 | — |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $386.04 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $409.06 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $409.06 | — |
| Aetna | EPO | $409.06 | — |
| Aetna | POS | $409.06 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $489.56 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $596.23 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $603.85 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $670.52 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $706.72 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $731.48 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $803.87 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $813.39 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $904.83 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $950.55 | — |
| National Choicecare | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Management Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Phcs | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | New Business | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
| HealthSmart | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | not published by hospital | — |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Provider Select | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Dexamethasone intra implant at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $200.10 – $544.01 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $233.28 | $169.83 – $1,199.70 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $233.28 | $200.06 – $1,133.05 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $233.28 | $204.06 – $1,479.63 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $233.28 | $204.06 – $1,199.70 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,142.45 | $180.91 – $798.15 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $2,142.45 | $180.91 – $798.15 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $2,142.45 | $180.91 – $798.15 |