Iron at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$44.55
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.
$135.00
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.
$3.24 with Texas Healthspring vs $105.45 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $3.24 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $6.04 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $6.04 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $6.04 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Community First | Star KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| First Care | KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| El Paso First | KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Wellcare | MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star KM | $6.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $6.66 | ↓ -85% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $6.66 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $6.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $6.79 | ↓ -85% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $6.79 | ↓ -85% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $6.92 | ↓ -84% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $6.99 | ↓ -84% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $6.99 | ↓ -84% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $7.12 | ↓ -84% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $7.12 | ↓ -84% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $7.12 | ↓ -84% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $7.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $8.41 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $8.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $9.06 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | EPO | $12.81 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | POS | $12.81 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | PPO | $12.81 | ↓ -71% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $12.94 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $13.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $13.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $13.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $13.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $13.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $16.63 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $17.05 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $20.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $20.51 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $22.77 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $24.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | New Business | $26.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | PPO | $33.04 | ↓ -26% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $48.84 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $49.95 | ↑ +12% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $61.05 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $72.15 | ↑ +62% |
| First Health | PPO | $72.15 | ↑ +62% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $72.15 | ↑ +62% |
| Phcs | PPO | $72.15 | ↑ +62% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $77.70 | ↑ +74% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $83.25 | ↑ +87% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $88.80 | ↑ +99% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $88.80 | ↑ +99% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $88.80 | ↑ +99% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $88.80 | ↑ +99% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $105.45 | ↑ +137% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $237.69 | $5.82 – $24.91 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $89.00 | $5.43 – $111.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $70.72 | $9.48 – $106.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $91.76 | $5.43 – $114.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $89.00 | $5.43 – $111.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $70.72 | $5.81 – $106.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $70.72 | $5.43 – $106.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $91.76 | $5.43 – $137.65 |