Lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$74.00

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$224.25

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.

$2.30 with United Healthcare vs $49.96 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 $2.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna MM $2.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna New Business $4.31 ↓ -94%
Humana Choicecare $4.59 ↓ -94%
Aetna PPO $4.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna HMO $4.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna EPO $4.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna POS $4.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna Chip KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Aetna Star KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Community First Star Kids KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
First Care KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Community First Star KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Superior Star Kids KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Community First Chip KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Superior Chip KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Superior Star KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
El Paso First KM $5.78 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6.31 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Chip KM $6.31 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $6.31 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star KM $6.31 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $6.31 ↓ -91%
Community First Med Adv MM $6.31 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6.31 ↓ -91%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7.88 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Chip KM $9.46 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star KM $9.46 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $9.46 ↓ -87%
Christus Health HIX $11.04 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $15.27 ↓ -79%
Molina Chip KM $15.77 ↓ -79%
Molina Star Plus KM $15.77 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $18.59 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $18.83 ↓ -75%
Cigna New Business $19.45 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $20.91 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MM $21.03 ↓ -72%
Imperial Health Plan MM $21.03 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $22.04 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways PPO $23.66 ↓ -68%
Devoted Health Plan MM $26.29 ↓ -64%
Community First Health Plan HMO $26.82 ↓ -64%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $28.92 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $28.92 ↓ -61%
Phcs PPO $31.55 ↓ -57%
Multiplan PPO $31.55 ↓ -57%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $31.55 ↓ -57%
First Health PPO $34.18 ↓ -54%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $34.18 ↓ -54%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $36.81 ↓ -50%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $39.44 ↓ -47%
Beech Street PPO $42.07 ↓ -43%
Health Management Network PPO $42.07 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart PPO $42.07 ↓ -43%
Provider Select PPO $42.07 ↓ -43%
Triwest VA MM $44.70 ↓ -40%
National Choicecare PPO $49.96 ↓ -32%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27.00 $2.86 – $31.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $56.23 $2.86 – $33.75
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $56.23 $2.86 – $33.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $56.23 $2.86 – $33.75
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