Doppler echo complete 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

$351.45

Cash price

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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.

$1,065.00

Gross charge

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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.

$29.26 with Aetna vs $876.85 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.

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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
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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
Aetna MM $29.26 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $86.70 ↓ -75%
Humana Choicecare $99.72 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Superior Chip KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
First Care KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
El Paso First KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Community First Star Kids KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Aetna Chip KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Community First Star KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Aetna Star KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Superior Star Kids KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Superior Star KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Community First Chip KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Superior Foster Care KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Superior Star Plus KM $101.53 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $106.33 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $107.75 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $110.76 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $110.76 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Chip KM $110.76 ↓ -68%
Community First Med Adv MM $110.76 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $110.76 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star KM $110.76 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $110.76 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $119.53 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $126.31 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $138.45 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Chip KM $166.14 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $166.14 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Star KM $166.14 ↓ -53%
Christus Health HIX $193.83 ↓ -45%
Molina Chip KM $276.90 ↓ -21%
Molina Star Plus KM $276.90 ↓ -21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $369.20 ↑ +5%
Amerigroup MM $369.20 ↑ +5%
Healthcare Highways PPO $415.35 ↑ +18%
Devoted Health Plan MM $461.50 ↑ +31%
Community First Health Plan HMO $470.73 ↑ +34%
Aetna New Business $498.42 ↑ +42%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $507.65 ↑ +44%
Aetna POS $553.80 ↑ +58%
Aetna PPO $553.80 ↑ +58%
Aetna EPO $553.80 ↑ +58%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $553.80 ↑ +58%
Aetna HMO $553.80 ↑ +58%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $599.95 ↑ +71%
Phcs PPO $599.95 ↑ +71%
Multiplan PPO $599.95 ↑ +71%
First Health PPO $599.95 ↑ +71%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $646.10 ↑ +84%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $692.25 ↑ +97%
HealthSmart PPO $738.40 ↑ +110%
Beech Street PPO $738.40 ↑ +110%
Health Management Network PPO $738.40 ↑ +110%
Provider Select PPO $738.40 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare All Payer $756.00 ↑ +115%
Triwest VA MM $784.55 ↑ +123%
National Choicecare PPO $876.85 ↑ +149%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $943.47 $137.37 – $137.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $938.80 $109.54 – $1,329.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $823.00 $107.75 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $823.00 $107.75 – $1,028.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $938.80 $83.49 – $1,329.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $823.00 $131.66 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $823.00 $425.21 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $823.00 $107.75 – $1,234.49

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