Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$88.77

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.

$269.00

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.

$6.75 with United Healthcare vs $170.54 with Cigna — 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 $6.75 ↓ -92%
Community First Med Adv MM $12.24 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $12.24 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star KM $12.24 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $12.24 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Chip KM $12.24 ↓ -86%
Texas Healthspring MM $16.93 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $31.60 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Chip KM $31.60 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star KM $31.60 ↓ -64%
Molina Chip KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Humana Gold Choice MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Humana Gold Plus MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Aetna Chip KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Aetna MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Aetna Star KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Coventry First Health MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Wellcare MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Molina Star Plus KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Superior Chip KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Superior Star Plus KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Superior Foster Care KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Superior Star KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Superior Star Kids KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Superior Star Plus MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Allwell Superior Health MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Triwest VA MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Community First Chip KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Community First Star KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Community First Star Kids KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
El Paso First KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
First Care KM $33.86 ↓ -62%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $34.88 ↓ -61%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $34.88 ↓ -61%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $35.55 ↓ -60%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $35.55 ↓ -60%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $35.55 ↓ -60%
US Imaging Network PPO $36.23 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Plan MM $36.57 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup MM $36.57 ↓ -59%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $37.25 ↓ -58%
Imperial Health Plan MM $37.25 ↓ -58%
ProCare Advantage MM $37.25 ↓ -58%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $40.63 ↓ -54%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $44.02 ↓ -50%
Community First Health Plan HMO $44.88 ↓ -49%
Healthcare Highways PPO $45.90 ↓ -48%
Christus Health HIX $47.40 ↓ -47%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $56.10 ↓ -37%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $66.30 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PPO $66.30 ↓ -25%
First Health PPO $66.30 ↓ -25%
Phcs PPO $66.30 ↓ -25%
Aetna POS $67.05 ↓ -24%
Aetna EPO $67.05 ↓ -24%
Aetna PPO $67.05 ↓ -24%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $67.72 ↓ -24%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $71.40 ↓ -20%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $76.50 ↓ -14%
HealthSmart PPO $81.60 ↓ -8%
Beech Street PPO $81.60 ↓ -8%
Provider Select PPO $81.60 ↓ -8%
Health Management Network PPO $81.60 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $87.02 ↓ -2%
Humana Choicecare $89.18 ↑ +0%
National Choicecare PPO $96.90 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $105.98 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $107.34 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $119.19 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $125.62 ↑ +42%
Cigna New Business $134.66 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $170.54 ↑ +92%

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