L/s ratio fetal lung 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

$173.91

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.

$527.00

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.

$3.44 with United Healthcare vs $232.75 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 All Payer $3.44 ↓ -98%
Texas Healthspring MM $11.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Chip KM $20.52 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $20.52 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star KM $20.52 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Community First Star Kids KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Community First Star KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Aetna Chip KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Aetna MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Aetna Star KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Coventry First Health MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Community First Chip KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Molina Chip KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Molina Star Plus KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Superior Chip KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
First Care KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
El Paso First KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Humana Gold Choice MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Humana Gold Plus MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Superior Foster Care KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Allwell Superior Health MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus MM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Kids KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Superior Star KM $21.99 ↓ -87%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $22.65 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $22.65 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $23.09 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $23.09 ↓ -87%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $23.09 ↓ -87%
US Imaging Network PPO $23.53 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MM $23.75 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Plan MM $23.75 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage MM $24.19 ↓ -86%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $24.19 ↓ -86%
Imperial Health Plan MM $24.19 ↓ -86%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $26.39 ↓ -85%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $28.59 ↓ -84%
Community First Med Adv MM $29.40 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $29.40 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star KM $29.40 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $29.40 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Chip KM $29.40 ↓ -83%
Christus Health HIX $30.79 ↓ -82%
Aetna EPO $43.53 ↓ -75%
Aetna POS $43.53 ↓ -75%
Aetna PPO $43.53 ↓ -75%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $43.98 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $56.51 ↓ -68%
Humana Choicecare $57.91 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $68.83 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $69.71 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $77.40 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $81.58 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business $87.70 ↓ -50%
Community First Health Plan HMO $107.80 ↓ -38%
Healthcare Highways PPO $110.25 ↓ -37%
Cigna PPO $111.06 ↓ -36%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $134.75 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PPO $159.25 ↓ -8%
First Health PPO $159.25 ↓ -8%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $159.25 ↓ -8%
Phcs PPO $159.25 ↓ -8%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $171.50 ↓ -1%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $183.75 ↑ +6%
Beech Street PPO $196.00 ↑ +13%
Health Management Network PPO $196.00 ↑ +13%
Provider Select PPO $196.00 ↑ +13%
HealthSmart PPO $196.00 ↑ +13%
National Choicecare PPO $232.75 ↑ +34%

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