Inj meropenem (wg crit care) 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

$101.10

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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.

$306.37

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.

$1.55 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas vs $134.02 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Humana Gold Plus MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Plus MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Texas Healthspring MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Allwell Superior Health MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Triwest VA MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Aetna MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Coventry First Health MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1.55 ↓ -98%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $1.60 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare All Payer $1.60 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1.60 ↓ -98%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1.63 ↓ -98%
US Imaging Network PPO $1.66 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1.67 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MM $1.67 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MM $1.71 ↓ -98%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1.71 ↓ -98%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1.71 ↓ -98%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $1.86 ↓ -98%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $2.02 ↓ -98%
Christus Health HIX $2.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna New Business $2.95 ↓ -97%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3.10 ↓ -97%
Aetna EPO $3.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna POS $3.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna PPO $3.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna HMO $3.28 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $4.57 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $5.57 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $5.64 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $6.27 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $6.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Aetna Chip KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Aetna Star KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Superior Chip KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Superior Foster Care KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Kids KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Community First Chip KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Community First Star KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Community First Star Kids KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
El Paso First KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
First Care KM $15.51 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $16.92 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star KM $16.92 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $16.92 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Chip KM $16.92 ↓ -83%
Community First Med Adv MM $16.92 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $16.92 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $16.92 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Chip KM $25.39 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star KM $25.39 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $25.39 ↓ -75%
Molina Chip KM $42.32 ↓ -58%
Molina Star Plus KM $42.32 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business $52.19 ↓ -48%
Healthcare Highways PPO $63.48 ↓ -37%
Humana Choicecare $70.54 ↓ -30%
Community First Health Plan HMO $71.95 ↓ -29%
Cigna PPO $77.59 ↓ -23%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $77.59 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PPO $84.64 ↓ -16%
Phcs PPO $84.64 ↓ -16%
First Health PPO $91.70 ↓ -9%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $91.70 ↓ -9%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $98.75 ↓ -2%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $105.81 ↑ +5%
Provider Select PPO $112.86 ↑ +12%
Health Management Network PPO $112.86 ↑ +12%
Beech Street PPO $112.86 ↑ +12%
HealthSmart PPO $112.86 ↑ +12%
National Choicecare PPO $134.02 ↑ +33%

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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $136.35 $1.60 – $3.92
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $239.04 $5.68 – $5.68
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $245.43 $1.57 – $3.92
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $219.13 $1.60 – $3.92
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $104.12 $97.18 – $624.68
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97

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