External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$471.90

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.

$1,430.00

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.

$71.88 with Texas Healthspring vs $1,004.15 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 $71.88 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Star KM $120.75 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $120.75 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Chip KM $120.75 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $126.84 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $126.84 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star KM $126.84 ↓ -73%
Community First Med Adv MM $126.84 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Chip KM $126.84 ↓ -73%
Coventry First Health MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Humana Gold Choice MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Humana Gold Plus MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Aetna Chip KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Aetna MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Aetna Star KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Wellcare MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Molina Chip KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Molina Star Plus KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Superior Chip KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Plus KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Superior Foster Care KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Superior Star KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Kids KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Superior Star Plus MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Allwell Superior Health MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Triwest VA MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Community First Chip KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Community First Star KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Community First Star Kids KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
El Paso First KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
First Care KM $143.75 ↓ -70%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $148.06 ↓ -69%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $148.06 ↓ -69%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $150.94 ↓ -68%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $150.94 ↓ -68%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $150.94 ↓ -68%
US Imaging Network PPO $153.81 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Plan MM $155.25 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup MM $155.25 ↓ -67%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $158.13 ↓ -66%
Imperial Health Plan MM $158.13 ↓ -66%
ProCare Advantage MM $158.13 ↓ -66%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $172.50 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare All Payer $179.45 ↓ -62%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $186.88 ↓ -60%
Christus Health HIX $201.25 ↓ -57%
Aetna New Business $256.18 ↓ -46%
Aetna POS $284.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna PPO $284.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna EPO $284.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna HMO $284.64 ↓ -40%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $287.50 ↓ -39%
Humana Choicecare $332.66 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $369.44 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $449.94 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $455.69 ↓ -3%
Community First Health Plan HMO $465.08 ↓ -1%
Healthcare Highways PPO $475.65 ↑ +1%
Cigna New Business $504.27 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $506.00 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $533.31 ↑ +13%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $581.35 ↑ +23%
Cigna PPO $638.60 ↑ +35%
First Health PPO $687.05 ↑ +46%
Phcs PPO $687.05 ↑ +46%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $687.05 ↑ +46%
Multiplan PPO $687.05 ↑ +46%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $739.90 ↑ +57%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $792.75 ↑ +68%
Beech Street PPO $845.60 ↑ +79%
Provider Select PPO $845.60 ↑ +79%
Health Management Network PPO $845.60 ↑ +79%
HealthSmart PPO $845.60 ↑ +79%
National Choicecare PPO $1,004.15 ↑ +113%

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