Enzyme histochemistry 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

$217.80

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.

$660.00

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.

$7.23 with United Healthcare vs $2,330.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — 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
United Healthcare All Payer $7.23 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $72.60 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star KM $79.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $79.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $79.20 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $79.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $79.20 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $79.20 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $79.20 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star KM $118.80 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $118.80 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $118.80 ↓ -45%
Humana Choicecare $163.10 ↓ -25%
Cigna New Business $180.56 ↓ -17%
Aetna New Business $195.67 ↓ -10%
Molina Chip KM $198.00 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $198.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna PPO $217.41 ↓ -0%
Aetna HMO $217.41 ↓ -0%
Aetna EPO $217.41 ↓ -0%
Aetna POS $217.41 ↓ -0%
Cigna PPO $228.66 ↑ +5%
Community First Health Plan HMO $290.40 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $297.00 ↑ +36%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $363.00 ↑ +67%
Texas Healthspring MM $383.53 ↑ +76%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $429.00 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $429.00 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $429.00 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $429.00 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $462.00 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $495.00 ↑ +127%
Provider Select PPO $528.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $528.00 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $528.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $528.00 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $627.00 ↑ +188%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Allwell Superior Health MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Triwest VA MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Wellcare MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Humana Gold Choice MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Humana Gold Plus MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
United Healthcare MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Aetna MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Coventry First Health MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Superior Star Plus MM $767.05 ↑ +252%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $790.06 ↑ +263%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $790.06 ↑ +263%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $805.40 ↑ +270%
US Imaging Network PPO $820.74 ↑ +277%
Amerigroup MM $828.41 ↑ +280%
Devoted Health Plan MM $828.41 ↑ +280%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $843.76 ↑ +287%
ProCare Advantage MM $843.76 ↑ +287%
Imperial Health Plan MM $843.76 ↑ +287%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $920.46 ↑ +323%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $997.17 ↑ +358%
Christus Health HIX $1,073.87 ↑ +393%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,534.10 ↑ +604%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $1,614.47 ↑ +641%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,966.27 ↑ +803%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,991.39 ↑ +814%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $2,211.26 ↑ +915%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $2,330.62 ↑ +970%

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