Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$18.99
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.
$57.55
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.
$1.18 with Aetna vs $54.67 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | MM | $1.18 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1.25 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $1.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | New Business | $2.11 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | HMO | $2.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | POS | $2.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | EPO | $2.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $4.32 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $5.26 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $5.33 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $5.91 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $6.23 | ↓ -67% |
| First Care | KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| El Paso First | KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $6.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $6.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $6.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $6.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $6.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $6.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $6.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $6.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $8.63 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $10.35 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $10.35 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $10.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $12.08 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $17.26 | ↓ -9% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $17.26 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | New Business | $21.29 | ↑ +12% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $23.02 | ↑ +21% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $23.02 | ↑ +21% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $25.89 | ↑ +36% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $28.77 | ↑ +52% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $29.35 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | PPO | $31.65 | ↑ +67% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $31.65 | ↑ +67% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $34.53 | ↑ +82% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $34.53 | ↑ +82% |
| Phcs | PPO | $34.53 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | PPO | $37.40 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $37.40 | ↑ +97% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $40.28 | ↑ +112% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $43.16 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $46.04 | ↑ +142% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $46.04 | ↑ +142% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $46.04 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $46.04 | ↑ +142% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $48.91 | ↑ +158% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $54.67 | ↑ +188% |
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Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $137.39 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $28.80 | $1.27 – $6.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $28.80 | $0.93 – $6.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $28.80 | $0.90 – $5.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $28.80 | $1.20 – $6.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $28.80 | $1.41 – $6.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $28.80 | $1.41 – $6.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $28.80 | $1.41 – $6.75 |