Ghs windowing of cast 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

$130.02

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.

$394.00

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.

$25.90 with United Healthcare vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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 Chip KM $25.90 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star KM $25.90 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $25.90 ↓ -80%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Community First Star Kids KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
First Care KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Superior Chip KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
El Paso First KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Aetna Chip KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Aetna Star KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Molina Chip KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Molina Star Plus KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Kids KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Superior Star KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Superior Foster Care KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus KM $27.69 ↓ -79%
Community First Star KM $29.07 ↓ -78%
Community First Chip KM $29.07 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $29.07 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $29.07 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $29.56 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $38.00 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $38.98 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $43.20 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $44.50 ↓ -66%
Community First Med Adv MM $47.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $47.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $47.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $47.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $47.28 ↓ -64%
Cigna New Business $129.00 ↓ -1%
Humana Gold Plus MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Humana Gold Choice MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Wellcare MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Triwest VA MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Aetna MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Coventry First Health MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Texas Healthspring MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Superior Star Plus MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Allwell Superior Health MM $148.16 ↑ +14%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $152.60 ↑ +17%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $152.60 ↑ +17%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $155.57 ↑ +20%
US Imaging Network PPO $158.53 ↑ +22%
Amerigroup MM $160.01 ↑ +23%
Devoted Health Plan MM $160.01 ↑ +23%
ProCare Advantage MM $162.98 ↑ +25%
Imperial Health Plan MM $162.98 ↑ +25%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $162.98 ↑ +25%
Humana Choicecare $163.00 ↑ +25%
Cigna PPO $164.00 ↑ +26%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $177.79 ↑ +37%
Community First Health Plan HMO $189.12 ↑ +45%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $192.61 ↑ +48%
Healthcare Highways PPO $197.00 ↑ +52%
Christus Health HIX $207.42 ↑ +60%
Aetna New Business $212.76 ↑ +64%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $216.70 ↑ +67%
Aetna PPO $236.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna EPO $236.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna HMO $236.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna POS $236.40 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $256.10 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $256.10 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $256.10 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $256.10 ↑ +97%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $295.50 ↑ +127%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $296.32 ↑ +128%
Provider Select PPO $315.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $315.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $315.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $315.20 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $374.30 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,082.00 ↑ +732%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +2992%

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Ghs windowing of cast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $25.90 – $199.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.37 $27.69 – $390.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $212.55 $29.63 – $390.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $216.80 $27.69 – $390.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $235.37 $27.69 – $390.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $212.55 $29.63 – $390.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $212.55 $27.69 – $390.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $216.80 $27.69 – $390.34

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