Low cost skin substitute app 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

$574.86

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.

$1,742.00

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.

$36.00 with Aetna vs $2,349.00 with Humana — 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
Aetna MM $36.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Star KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
El Paso First KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Superior Chip KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Superior Star Plus KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Superior Foster Care KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Community First Star Kids KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Community First Star KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Aetna Chip KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
First Care KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Aetna Star KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Superior Star Kids KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Community First Chip KM $107.14 ↓ -81%
Community First Med Adv MM $116.88 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $116.88 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $116.88 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star KM $116.88 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $116.88 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $116.88 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Chip KM $116.88 ↓ -80%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $146.10 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star KM $175.32 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $175.32 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $175.32 ↓ -70%
Christus Health HIX $204.54 ↓ -64%
Molina Star Plus KM $292.20 ↓ -49%
Molina Chip KM $292.20 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup MM $389.60 ↓ -32%
Imperial Health Plan MM $389.60 ↓ -32%
Healthcare Highways PPO $438.30 ↓ -24%
Devoted Health Plan MM $487.00 ↓ -15%
Community First Health Plan HMO $496.74 ↓ -14%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $535.70 ↓ -7%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $584.40 ↑ +2%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $633.10 ↑ +10%
Phcs PPO $633.10 ↑ +10%
Multiplan PPO $633.10 ↑ +10%
First Health PPO $633.10 ↑ +10%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $681.80 ↑ +19%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $730.50 ↑ +27%
Health Management Network PPO $779.20 ↑ +36%
Provider Select PPO $779.20 ↑ +36%
Beech Street PPO $779.20 ↑ +36%
HealthSmart PPO $779.20 ↑ +36%
Triwest VA MM $827.90 ↑ +44%
National Choicecare PPO $925.30 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,082.00 ↑ +88%
Aetna New Business $1,612.00 ↑ +180%
Aetna PPO $1,791.00 ↑ +212%
Aetna POS $1,791.00 ↑ +212%
Aetna HMO $1,791.00 ↑ +212%
Aetna EPO $1,791.00 ↑ +212%
Humana Choicecare $2,349.00 ↑ +309%

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Low cost skin substitute app at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $3,381.00 – $3,381.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $693.49 $196.49 – $982.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $30.63 $6.30 – $45.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $22.30 $4.46 – $71.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $693.49 $184.93 – $982.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $30.63 $9.83 – $85.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $30.63 $15.83 – $45.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $22.30 $7.43 – $71.00

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