Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis bil 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

$130.35

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$395.00

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$31.13 with Community First vs $417.63 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Community First Chip KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Community First Star Kids KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna Chip KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Superior Star Kids KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Community First Star KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna Star KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Superior Star KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Superior Foster Care KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Superior Star Plus KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
El Paso First KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Superior Chip KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
First Care KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $31.13 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $33.96 ↓ -74%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $33.96 ↓ -74%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $33.96 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Chip KM $33.96 ↓ -74%
Community First Med Adv MM $33.96 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star KM $33.96 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $33.96 ↓ -74%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $42.45 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Star KM $50.94 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $50.94 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Chip KM $50.94 ↓ -61%
Christus Health HIX $59.43 ↓ -54%
Molina Chip KM $84.90 ↓ -35%
Molina Star Plus KM $84.90 ↓ -35%
Aetna MM $92.61 ↓ -29%
Imperial Health Plan MM $113.20 ↓ -13%
Amerigroup MM $113.20 ↓ -13%
Community First Health Plan HMO $124.52 ↓ -4%
Devoted Health Plan MM $141.50 ↑ +9%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $155.65 ↑ +19%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $169.80 ↑ +30%
First Health PPO $183.95 ↑ +41%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $183.95 ↑ +41%
Multiplan PPO $183.95 ↑ +41%
Phcs PPO $183.95 ↑ +41%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $189.00 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare All Payer $197.00 ↑ +51%
Cigna New Business $203.00 ↑ +56%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $212.25 ↑ +63%
Beech Street PPO $226.40 ↑ +74%
Health Management Network PPO $226.40 ↑ +74%
HealthSmart PPO $226.40 ↑ +74%
Provider Select PPO $226.40 ↑ +74%
Triwest VA MM $240.55 ↑ +85%
Aetna New Business $250.05 ↑ +92%
Cigna PPO $256.00 ↑ +96%
Healthcare Highways PPO $263.00 ↑ +102%
National Choicecare PPO $268.85 ↑ +106%
Aetna HMO $277.83 ↑ +113%
Aetna POS $277.83 ↑ +113%
Aetna EPO $277.83 ↑ +113%
Aetna PPO $277.83 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $290.65 ↑ +123%
Humana Choicecare $309.66 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $352.73 ↑ +171%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $357.43 ↑ +174%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $396.93 ↑ +205%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $417.63 ↑ +220%

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Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis bil at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $189.00 – $437.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $298.70 $362.13 – $362.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $117.94 $33.42 – $188.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.94 $24.28 – $176.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $117.94 $23.59 – $316.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $117.94 $31.45 – $215.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $117.94 $37.86 – $384.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $117.94 $60.93 – $185.00

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