Insertion of catheter vein at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$254.43
Cash price 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.
$771.00
Gross charge 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.
$84.81 with Superior 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior | Star Kids KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| First Care | KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| El Paso First | KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star KM | $84.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $92.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $92.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $92.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $92.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $92.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $92.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $92.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $115.65 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $138.78 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $138.78 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $138.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $161.91 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $231.30 | ↓ -9% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $231.30 | ↓ -9% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $308.40 | ↑ +21% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $308.40 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | MM | $355.98 | ↑ +40% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $370.08 | ↑ +45% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $385.50 | ↑ +52% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $385.50 | ↑ +52% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $424.05 | ↑ +67% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $462.60 | ↑ +82% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $501.15 | ↑ +97% |
| Phcs | PPO | $501.15 | ↑ +97% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $501.15 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | PPO | $501.15 | ↑ +97% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $578.25 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $616.80 | ↑ +142% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $616.80 | ↑ +142% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $616.80 | ↑ +142% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $616.80 | ↑ +142% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $655.35 | ↑ +158% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $732.45 | ↑ +188% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1,082.00 | ↑ +325% |
| Aetna | New Business | $1,612.00 | ↑ +534% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +604% |
| Aetna | POS | $1,791.00 | ↑ +604% |
| Aetna | EPO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +604% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +604% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $2,349.00 | ↑ +823% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $4,020.00 | ↑ +1480% |
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Insertion of catheter vein at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $3,381.00 – $3,381.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,244.40 | $635.91 – $3,179.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,128.00 | $71.00 – $4,692.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,764.65 | $71.00 – $3,455.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,244.40 | $598.51 – $3,179.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,128.00 | $85.00 – $4,692.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,128.00 | $1,616.14 – $4,692.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,764.65 | $71.00 – $4,146.98 |