Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) 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

$55.44

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$168.00

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.

$3.02 with Texas Healthspring vs $113.05 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
Texas Healthspring MM $3.02 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare All Payer $4.12 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $5.64 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $5.64 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star KM $5.64 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Community First Star Kids KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Community First Star KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna Chip KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna Star KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Coventry First Health MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Community First Chip KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Molina Chip KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Molina Star Plus KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Superior Chip KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
First Care KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
El Paso First KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Humana Gold Choice MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Humana Gold Plus MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Superior Foster Care KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Triwest VA MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Wellcare MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Allwell Superior Health MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus MM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Kids KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $6.04 ↓ -89%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $6.22 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $6.22 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6.34 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6.34 ↓ -89%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $6.34 ↓ -89%
US Imaging Network PPO $6.46 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MM $6.52 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Plan MM $6.52 ↓ -88%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $6.64 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantage MM $6.64 ↓ -88%
Imperial Health Plan MM $6.64 ↓ -88%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $7.25 ↓ -87%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $7.85 ↓ -86%
Christus Health HIX $8.46 ↓ -85%
Aetna EPO $11.97 ↓ -78%
Aetna PPO $11.97 ↓ -78%
Aetna POS $11.97 ↓ -78%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $12.08 ↓ -78%
Community First Med Adv MM $14.28 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $14.28 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star KM $14.28 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $14.28 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Chip KM $14.28 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $15.52 ↓ -72%
Humana Choicecare $15.90 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $18.91 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $19.15 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $21.26 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $22.41 ↓ -60%
Cigna New Business $24.02 ↓ -57%
Cigna PPO $30.41 ↓ -45%
Community First Health Plan HMO $52.36 ↓ -6%
Healthcare Highways PPO $53.55 ↓ -3%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $65.45 ↑ +18%
Multiplan PPO $77.35 ↑ +40%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $77.35 ↑ +40%
Phcs PPO $77.35 ↑ +40%
First Health PPO $77.35 ↑ +40%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $83.30 ↑ +50%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $89.25 ↑ +61%
Provider Select PPO $95.20 ↑ +72%
Beech Street PPO $95.20 ↑ +72%
Health Management Network PPO $95.20 ↑ +72%
HealthSmart PPO $95.20 ↑ +72%
National Choicecare PPO $113.05 ↑ +104%

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