Lactic acid 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

$77.55

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.

$235.00

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.

$5.79 with Texas Healthspring vs $76.00 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 $5.79 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.11 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $9.60 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star KM $9.60 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $9.60 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Chip KM $9.60 ↓ -88%
Community First Med Adv MM $9.60 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $9.97 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Chip KM $9.97 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star KM $9.97 ↓ -87%
Molina Chip KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Choice MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Plus MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Aetna Chip KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Aetna MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Aetna Star KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Coventry First Health MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Molina Star Plus KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Superior Chip KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Superior Foster Care KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Superior Star KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Kids KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Allwell Superior Health MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Triwest VA MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Community First Chip KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Community First Star KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Community First Star Kids KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
El Paso First KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
First Care KM $11.57 ↓ -85%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $11.92 ↓ -85%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $11.92 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $12.15 ↓ -84%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $12.15 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $12.15 ↓ -84%
US Imaging Network PPO $12.38 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Plan MM $12.50 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MM $12.50 ↓ -84%
Imperial Health Plan MM $12.73 ↓ -84%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $12.73 ↓ -84%
ProCare Advantage MM $12.73 ↓ -84%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $13.88 ↓ -82%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $15.04 ↓ -81%
Christus Health HIX $16.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna POS $22.92 ↓ -70%
Aetna PPO $22.92 ↓ -70%
Aetna EPO $22.92 ↓ -70%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $23.14 ↓ -70%
Humana Choicecare $28.13 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $29.73 ↓ -62%
Community First Health Plan HMO $35.20 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Highways PPO $36.00 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $36.21 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $36.68 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $40.73 ↓ -47%
Cigna New Business $42.81 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $42.92 ↓ -45%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $44.00 ↓ -43%
First Health PPO $52.00 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO $52.00 ↓ -33%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $52.00 ↓ -33%
Phcs PPO $52.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO $54.22 ↓ -30%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $56.00 ↓ -28%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $60.00 ↓ -23%
Health Management Network PPO $64.00 ↓ -17%
Provider Select PPO $64.00 ↓ -17%
HealthSmart PPO $64.00 ↓ -17%
Beech Street PPO $64.00 ↓ -17%
National Choicecare PPO $76.00 ↓ -2%

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