Echo exam of fetal heart 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

$1,651.65

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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.

$5,005.00

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.

$257.42 with Texas Healthspring vs $4,754.75 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.

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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
Texas Healthspring MM $257.42 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $264.96 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Chip KM $264.96 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star KM $264.96 ↓ -84%
Aetna New Business $417.10 ↓ -75%
Aetna HMO $463.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna POS $463.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna PPO $463.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna EPO $463.44 ↓ -72%
Humana Choicecare $514.81 ↓ -69%
Allwell Superior Health MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Humana Gold Choice MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Humana Gold Plus MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Aetna MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Coventry First Health MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Wellcare MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Triwest VA MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Superior Star Plus MM $514.84 ↓ -69%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $530.29 ↓ -68%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $530.29 ↓ -68%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $540.58 ↓ -67%
US Imaging Network PPO $550.88 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup MM $556.03 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health Plan MM $556.03 ↓ -66%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $566.32 ↓ -66%
ProCare Advantage MM $566.32 ↓ -66%
Imperial Health Plan MM $566.32 ↓ -66%
Cigna New Business $577.21 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Star KM $600.60 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $600.60 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $600.60 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $600.60 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $600.60 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $602.46 ↓ -64%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $617.81 ↓ -63%
Superior Star Plus KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Superior Foster Care KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Superior Star KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Superior Star Kids KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
First Care KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
El Paso First KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Superior Chip KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Community First Star Kids KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Molina Chip KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Aetna Chip KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Aetna Star KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Molina Star Plus KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Community First Star KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Community First Chip KM $633.94 ↓ -62%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $665.64 ↓ -60%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $665.64 ↓ -60%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $669.29 ↓ -59%
Christus Health HIX $720.78 ↓ -56%
Cigna PPO $730.97 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $731.14 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $740.89 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare All Payer $756.00 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $822.77 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $865.67 ↓ -48%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,029.68 ↓ -38%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,252.25 ↑ +36%
Community First Health Plan HMO $2,552.55 ↑ +55%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $2,752.75 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $3,253.25 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $3,253.25 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $3,253.25 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $3,253.25 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,503.50 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $3,753.75 ↑ +127%
Provider Select PPO $4,004.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $4,004.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $4,004.00 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $4,004.00 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $4,754.75 ↑ +188%

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