Fluoroguide needle placement 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

$219.78

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$666.00

Gross charge

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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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$73.26 with Superior vs $632.70 with National Choicecare — 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
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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 $73.26 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $73.26 ↓ -67%
Aetna MM $74.57 ↓ -66%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $79.92 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $79.92 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $79.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $79.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $79.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $79.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $79.92 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $99.90 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Chip KM $119.88 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $119.88 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $119.88 ↓ -45%
Christus Health HIX $139.86 ↓ -36%
Humana Choicecare $170.59 ↓ -22%
Molina Star Plus KM $199.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $199.80 ↓ -9%
Aetna New Business $201.34 ↓ -8%
Aetna PPO $223.71 ↑ +2%
Aetna EPO $223.71 ↑ +2%
Aetna HMO $223.71 ↑ +2%
Aetna POS $223.71 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $230.51 ↑ +5%
Amerigroup MM $266.40 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $266.40 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $279.75 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $283.48 ↑ +29%
Community First Health Plan HMO $293.04 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $299.70 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $314.81 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $331.22 ↑ +51%
Devoted Health Plan MM $333.00 ↑ +52%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $366.30 ↑ +67%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $399.60 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $432.90 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $432.90 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $432.90 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $432.90 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $466.20 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare All Payer $498.00 ↑ +127%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $499.50 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $532.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $532.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $532.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $532.80 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $566.10 ↑ +158%
National Choicecare PPO $632.70 ↑ +188%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $680.87 $287.21 – $287.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $567.67 $149.20 – $804.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $487.05 $100.25 – $730.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $419.75 $83.95 – $524.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $567.67 $151.38 – $804.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $487.05 $156.34 – $730.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $487.05 $251.64 – $730.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $419.75 $139.92 – $629.62

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