Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$18.99
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$57.55
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1.81 with Aetna vs $49.96 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 | $1.81 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | New Business | $3.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | PPO | $3.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | HMO | $3.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | POS | $3.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | EPO | $3.58 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $3.97 | ↓ -79% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Star KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| First Care | KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| El Paso First | KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Community First | Star KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $5.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $6.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $6.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $6.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $6.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $6.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $6.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $6.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $7.88 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $9.46 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $9.46 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $9.46 | ↓ -50% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $11.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $15.77 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $15.77 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | New Business | $19.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $19.48 | ↑ +3% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $21.03 | ↑ +11% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $21.03 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $23.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $23.73 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $24.03 | ↑ +27% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $26.29 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $26.68 | ↑ +40% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $26.82 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $28.12 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | PPO | $28.92 | ↑ +52% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $28.92 | ↑ +52% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $31.55 | ↑ +66% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $31.55 | ↑ +66% |
| Phcs | PPO | $31.55 | ↑ +66% |
| First Health | PPO | $34.18 | ↑ +80% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $34.18 | ↑ +80% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $36.81 | ↑ +94% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $39.44 | ↑ +108% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $42.07 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $42.07 | ↑ +122% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $42.07 | ↑ +122% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $42.07 | ↑ +122% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $44.70 | ↑ +135% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $49.96 | ↑ +163% |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $39.88 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $31.32 | $2.06 – $11.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $31.32 | $1.74 – $12.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $31.32 | $1.69 – $10.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $31.32 | $2.06 – $11.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $31.32 | $2.06 – $12.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $31.32 | $2.06 – $12.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $31.32 | $2.06 – $12.69 |