Hemoglobin plasma 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

$72.93

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.

$221.00

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.

$3.66 with Texas Healthspring vs $113.05 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 $3.66 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare All Payer $5.42 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $6.82 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $6.82 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star KM $6.82 ↓ -91%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Community First Star Kids KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Community First Star KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Aetna Chip KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Aetna MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Aetna Star KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Coventry First Health MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Community First Chip KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Molina Chip KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Molina Star Plus KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Superior Chip KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
First Care KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
El Paso First KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Choice MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Plus MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Superior Foster Care KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Triwest VA MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Allwell Superior Health MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus MM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Kids KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Superior Star KM $7.31 ↓ -90%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $7.53 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $7.53 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $7.68 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $7.68 ↓ -89%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $7.68 ↓ -89%
US Imaging Network PPO $7.82 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7.89 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MM $7.89 ↓ -89%
Imperial Health Plan MM $8.04 ↓ -89%
ProCare Advantage MM $8.04 ↓ -89%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8.04 ↓ -89%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $8.77 ↓ -88%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $9.50 ↓ -87%
Christus Health HIX $10.23 ↓ -86%
Community First Med Adv MM $14.28 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $14.28 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star KM $14.28 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $14.28 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Chip KM $14.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna EPO $14.46 ↓ -80%
Aetna POS $14.46 ↓ -80%
Aetna PPO $14.46 ↓ -80%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $14.62 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $18.79 ↓ -74%
Humana Choicecare $19.26 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $22.88 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $23.17 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $25.73 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $27.12 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business $29.23 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $37.02 ↓ -49%
Community First Health Plan HMO $52.36 ↓ -28%
Healthcare Highways PPO $53.55 ↓ -27%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $65.45 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PPO $77.35 ↑ +6%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $77.35 ↑ +6%
Phcs PPO $77.35 ↑ +6%
First Health PPO $77.35 ↑ +6%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $83.30 ↑ +14%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $89.25 ↑ +22%
Provider Select PPO $95.20 ↑ +31%
Beech Street PPO $95.20 ↑ +31%
Health Management Network PPO $95.20 ↑ +31%
HealthSmart PPO $95.20 ↑ +31%
National Choicecare PPO $113.05 ↑ +55%

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