Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast 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

$420.42

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$1,274.00

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$75.68 with Superior vs $1,351.75 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
Superior Foster Care KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Superior Chip KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
First Care KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Community First Star Kids KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Community First Star KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Community First Chip KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Aetna Chip KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
El Paso First KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Aetna Star KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Kids KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Superior Star KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Plus KM $75.68 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Star KM $82.56 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $82.56 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $82.56 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $82.56 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $82.56 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Chip KM $82.56 ↓ -80%
Community First Med Adv MM $82.56 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $123.84 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Chip KM $123.84 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Star KM $123.84 ↓ -71%
Molina Chip KM $206.40 ↓ -51%
Molina Star Plus KM $206.40 ↓ -51%
Cigna New Business $254.56 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Highways PPO $309.60 ↓ -26%
Coventry First Health MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Humana Gold Choice MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Humana Gold Plus MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Aetna MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Wellcare MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Superior Star Plus MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Allwell Superior Health MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Triwest VA MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Texas Healthspring MM $335.34 ↓ -20%
Humana Choicecare $344.00 ↓ -18%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $345.40 ↓ -18%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $345.40 ↓ -18%
Community First Health Plan HMO $350.88 ↓ -17%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $352.11 ↓ -16%
US Imaging Network PPO $358.81 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Plan MM $362.17 ↓ -14%
Amerigroup MM $362.17 ↓ -14%
Imperial Health Plan MM $368.87 ↓ -12%
ProCare Advantage MM $368.87 ↓ -12%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $368.87 ↓ -12%
Aetna New Business $371.52 ↓ -12%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $378.40 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $378.40 ↓ -10%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $402.41 ↓ -4%
Aetna EPO $412.80 ↓ -2%
Aetna PPO $412.80 ↓ -2%
Aetna POS $412.80 ↓ -2%
Aetna HMO $412.80 ↓ -2%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $435.94 ↑ +4%
Multiplan PPO $447.20 ↑ +6%
Phcs PPO $447.20 ↑ +6%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $447.20 ↑ +6%
First Health PPO $447.20 ↑ +6%
Christus Health HIX $469.48 ↑ +12%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $481.60 ↑ +15%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $516.00 ↑ +23%
HealthSmart PPO $550.40 ↑ +31%
Health Management Network PPO $550.40 ↑ +31%
Provider Select PPO $550.40 ↑ +31%
Beech Street PPO $550.40 ↑ +31%
National Choicecare PPO $653.60 ↑ +55%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $670.68 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare All Payer $756.00 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $927.90 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,137.91 ↑ +171%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,153.19 ↑ +174%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,279.20 ↑ +204%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,351.75 ↑ +222%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $6,784.09 $893.53 – $893.53
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,440.70 $893.53 – $893.53
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St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $493.50 $100.00 – $1,057.50
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $462.00 $100.00 – $1,320.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $535.80 $100.00 – $3,214.80
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $6,108.60 $893.53 – $893.53
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $462.00 $100.00 – $1,320.00

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