Ferritin 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

$68.97

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.

$209.00

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.

$3.91 with United Healthcare vs $135.85 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
United Healthcare All Payer $3.91 ↓ -94%
Texas Healthspring MM $6.82 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Chip KM $12.73 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $12.73 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star KM $12.73 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Community First Star Kids KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Community First Star KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Aetna Chip KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Aetna MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Aetna Star KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Coventry First Health MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Community First Chip KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Molina Chip KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Molina Star Plus KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Superior Chip KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
First Care KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
El Paso First KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Humana Gold Choice MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Humana Gold Plus MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Superior Foster Care KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Plus KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Triwest VA MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Wellcare MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Allwell Superior Health MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Plus MM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Kids KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Superior Star KM $13.63 ↓ -80%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $14.04 ↓ -80%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $14.04 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $14.31 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $14.31 ↓ -79%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $14.31 ↓ -79%
US Imaging Network PPO $14.58 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup MM $14.72 ↓ -79%
Devoted Health Plan MM $14.72 ↓ -79%
ProCare Advantage MM $14.99 ↓ -78%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $14.99 ↓ -78%
Imperial Health Plan MM $14.99 ↓ -78%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $16.36 ↓ -76%
Community First Med Adv MM $17.16 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $17.16 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Star KM $17.16 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $17.16 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Chip KM $17.16 ↓ -75%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $17.72 ↓ -74%
Christus Health HIX $19.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna PPO $27.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna EPO $27.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna POS $27.00 ↓ -61%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $27.26 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $35.03 ↓ -49%
Humana Choicecare $35.90 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $42.66 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $43.21 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $47.98 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $50.57 ↓ -27%
Cigna New Business $54.29 ↓ -21%
Community First Health Plan HMO $62.92 ↓ -9%
Healthcare Highways PPO $64.35 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO $68.75 ↓ -0%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $78.65 ↑ +14%
Multiplan PPO $92.95 ↑ +35%
First Health PPO $92.95 ↑ +35%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $92.95 ↑ +35%
Phcs PPO $92.95 ↑ +35%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $100.10 ↑ +45%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $107.25 ↑ +56%
Beech Street PPO $114.40 ↑ +66%
Health Management Network PPO $114.40 ↑ +66%
Provider Select PPO $114.40 ↑ +66%
HealthSmart PPO $114.40 ↑ +66%
National Choicecare PPO $135.85 ↑ +97%

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