Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$117.48

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.

$356.00

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.

$7.36 with Texas Healthspring vs $258.40 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 $7.36 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.14 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $13.73 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $13.73 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star KM $13.73 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Community First Star Kids KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Community First Star KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna Chip KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna Star KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Coventry First Health MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Community First Chip KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Molina Chip KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Molina Star Plus KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Chip KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
First Care KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
El Paso First KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Humana Gold Choice MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Humana Gold Plus MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Foster Care KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Allwell Superior Health MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus MM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Kids KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Star KM $14.71 ↓ -87%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $15.15 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $15.15 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $15.45 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $15.45 ↓ -87%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $15.45 ↓ -87%
US Imaging Network PPO $15.74 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MM $15.89 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Plan MM $15.89 ↓ -86%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $16.18 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage MM $16.18 ↓ -86%
Imperial Health Plan MM $16.18 ↓ -86%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $17.65 ↓ -85%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $19.12 ↓ -84%
Christus Health HIX $20.59 ↓ -82%
Aetna EPO $29.13 ↓ -75%
Aetna PPO $29.13 ↓ -75%
Aetna POS $29.13 ↓ -75%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $29.42 ↓ -75%
Community First Med Adv MM $32.64 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $32.64 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star KM $32.64 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $32.64 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Chip KM $32.64 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $37.80 ↓ -68%
Humana Choicecare $38.75 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $46.04 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $46.63 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $51.78 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $54.57 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business $58.47 ↓ -50%
Cigna PPO $74.04 ↓ -37%
Community First Health Plan HMO $119.68 ↑ +2%
Healthcare Highways PPO $122.40 ↑ +4%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $149.60 ↑ +27%
Multiplan PPO $176.80 ↑ +50%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $176.80 ↑ +50%
Phcs PPO $176.80 ↑ +50%
First Health PPO $176.80 ↑ +50%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $190.40 ↑ +62%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $204.00 ↑ +74%
Provider Select PPO $217.60 ↑ +85%
Beech Street PPO $217.60 ↑ +85%
Health Management Network PPO $217.60 ↑ +85%
HealthSmart PPO $217.60 ↑ +85%
National Choicecare PPO $258.40 ↑ +120%

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