Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$115.95
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.
$351.36
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.
$7.32 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas vs $187.75 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 |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $7.32 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $8.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | MM | $8.83 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $8.92 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $9.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $10.03 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $10.57 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $10.75 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Blue Advantage HMO | $10.94 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HMO | $12.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | HEB | $12.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | New Business | $13.23 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | PPO | $13.54 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Traditional | $14.22 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | POS | $14.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | HMO | $14.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | EPO | $14.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | PPO | $14.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Community First | Star KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | Star KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| El Paso First | KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| First Care | KM | $21.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $23.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $23.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $23.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $23.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $23.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $23.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $23.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $29.64 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $35.57 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $35.57 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $35.57 | ↓ -69% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $41.50 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $59.29 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $59.29 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | New Business | $73.12 | ↓ -37% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $79.05 | ↓ -32% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $79.05 | ↓ -32% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $88.93 | ↓ -23% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $98.82 | ↓ -15% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $100.79 | ↓ -13% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $108.70 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | PPO | $108.70 | ↓ -6% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $118.58 | ↑ +2% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $118.58 | ↑ +2% |
| Phcs | PPO | $118.58 | ↑ +2% |
| First Health | PPO | $128.46 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $128.46 | ↑ +11% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $138.34 | ↑ +19% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $148.23 | ↑ +28% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $158.11 | ↑ +36% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $158.11 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $158.11 | ↑ +36% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $158.11 | ↑ +36% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $167.99 | ↑ +45% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $187.75 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Kids KM | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Star Kids KM | not published by hospital | — |
| Community First | Star Plus KM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $15.18 – $15.18 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $554.84 | $10.97 – $10.97 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $146.40 | $7.76 – $38.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $146.40 | $5.64 – $41.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $146.40 | $5.48 – $34.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $146.40 | $7.30 – $38.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $146.40 | $8.67 – $41.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $146.40 | $8.67 – $41.08 |