I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$69.30

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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.

$210.00

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.

$21.72 with United Healthcare vs $199.50 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
United Healthcare MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Aetna MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Texas Healthspring MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Superior Star Plus MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Coventry First Health MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Humana Gold Choice MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Wellcare MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Allwell Superior Health MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Humana Gold Plus MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Triwest VA MM $21.72 ↓ -69%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $22.37 ↓ -68%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $22.37 ↓ -68%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $22.81 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $23.10 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare All Payer $23.13 ↓ -67%
US Imaging Network PPO $23.24 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup MM $23.46 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health Plan MM $23.46 ↓ -66%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $23.89 ↓ -66%
ProCare Advantage MM $23.89 ↓ -66%
Imperial Health Plan MM $23.89 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Star KM $25.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $25.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $25.20 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $25.20 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $25.20 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $25.20 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $25.20 ↓ -64%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $26.06 ↓ -62%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $28.24 ↓ -59%
Christus Health HIX $30.41 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $37.80 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $37.80 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $37.80 ↓ -45%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $43.44 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $53.17 ↓ -23%
Molina Chip KM $63.00 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $63.00 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $64.76 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $65.59 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $72.83 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $76.76 ↑ +11%
Cigna New Business $77.70 ↑ +12%
Humana Choicecare $82.25 ↑ +19%
Healthcare Highways PPO $94.50 ↑ +36%
Community First Health Plan HMO $107.10 ↑ +55%
Aetna New Business $113.40 ↑ +64%
Cigna PPO $115.50 ↑ +67%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $115.50 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $126.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna POS $126.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna HMO $126.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna EPO $126.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna PPO $126.00 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $126.00 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $136.50 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $136.50 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $147.00 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $157.50 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $168.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $168.00 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $168.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $168.00 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $199.50 ↑ +188%

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $481.12 $39.72 – $417.26
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $42.00 $77.38 – $82.61
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $391.11 $39.72 – $417.26
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $468.71 $39.72 – $417.26
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.85 $18.62 – $71.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.22 $20.82 – $187.28
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.85 $18.46 – $71.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.85 $18.46 – $71.00

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