Lipase 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

$71.94

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.

$218.00

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.

$2.81 with United Healthcare vs $146.30 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 $2.81 ↓ -96%
Texas Healthspring MM $3.45 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Chip KM $6.43 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $6.43 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star KM $6.43 ↓ -91%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Community First Star Kids KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Community First Star KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Aetna Chip KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Aetna MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Aetna Star KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Coventry First Health MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Community First Chip KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Molina Chip KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Molina Star Plus KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Superior Chip KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
First Care KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
El Paso First KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Choice MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Plus MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Superior Foster Care KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Triwest VA MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Allwell Superior Health MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus MM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Kids KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Superior Star KM $6.89 ↓ -90%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $7.10 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $7.10 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $7.23 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $7.23 ↓ -90%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $7.23 ↓ -90%
US Imaging Network PPO $7.37 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7.44 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MM $7.44 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage MM $7.58 ↓ -89%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $7.58 ↓ -89%
Imperial Health Plan MM $7.58 ↓ -89%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $8.27 ↓ -89%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $8.96 ↓ -88%
Christus Health HIX $9.65 ↓ -87%
Aetna POS $13.65 ↓ -81%
Aetna EPO $13.65 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $13.65 ↓ -81%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $13.78 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $17.71 ↓ -75%
Humana Choicecare $18.14 ↓ -75%
Community First Med Adv MM $18.48 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $18.48 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star KM $18.48 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $18.48 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Chip KM $18.48 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $21.57 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $21.84 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $24.25 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $25.56 ↓ -64%
Cigna New Business $27.16 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $34.39 ↓ -52%
Community First Health Plan HMO $67.76 ↓ -6%
Healthcare Highways PPO $69.30 ↓ -4%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $84.70 ↑ +18%
Multiplan PPO $100.10 ↑ +39%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $100.10 ↑ +39%
Phcs PPO $100.10 ↑ +39%
First Health PPO $100.10 ↑ +39%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $107.80 ↑ +50%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $115.50 ↑ +61%
Provider Select PPO $123.20 ↑ +71%
Beech Street PPO $123.20 ↑ +71%
Health Management Network PPO $123.20 ↑ +71%
HealthSmart PPO $123.20 ↑ +71%
National Choicecare PPO $146.30 ↑ +103%

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