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

$947.43

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.

$2,871.00

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.

$239.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
First Care KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
El Paso First KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Community First Star Kids KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Aetna Chip KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Kids KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Community First Star KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Aetna Star KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Superior Star KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Superior Foster Care KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Community First Chip KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Plus KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Superior Chip KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $239.80 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Star KM $261.60 ↓ -72%
Community First Med Adv MM $261.60 ↓ -72%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $261.60 ↓ -72%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $261.60 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $261.60 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $261.60 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Chip KM $261.60 ↓ -72%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $327.00 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Chip KM $392.40 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $392.40 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Star KM $392.40 ↓ -59%
Christus Health HIX $457.80 ↓ -52%
Aetna MM $501.40 ↓ -47%
Molina Star Plus KM $654.00 ↓ -31%
Molina Chip KM $654.00 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup MM $872.00 ↓ -8%
Imperial Health Plan MM $872.00 ↓ -8%
Healthcare Highways PPO $981.00 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,082.00 ↑ +14%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,090.00 ↑ +15%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,111.80 ↑ +17%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,199.00 ↑ +27%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,308.00 ↑ +38%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,417.00 ↑ +50%
Phcs PPO $1,417.00 ↑ +50%
First Health PPO $1,417.00 ↑ +50%
Multiplan PPO $1,417.00 ↑ +50%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,526.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna New Business $1,612.00 ↑ +70%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,635.00 ↑ +73%
Beech Street PPO $1,744.00 ↑ +84%
HealthSmart PPO $1,744.00 ↑ +84%
Health Management Network PPO $1,744.00 ↑ +84%
Provider Select PPO $1,744.00 ↑ +84%
Aetna PPO $1,791.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna POS $1,791.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna HMO $1,791.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna EPO $1,791.00 ↑ +89%
Triwest VA MM $1,853.00 ↑ +96%
National Choicecare PPO $2,071.00 ↑ +119%
Humana Choicecare $2,349.00 ↑ +148%

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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 $769.45 $218.01 – $1,090.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $59.99 $12.35 – $89.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $39.97 $7.99 – $71.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $769.45 $205.19 – $1,090.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $59.99 $19.26 – $89.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $59.99 $30.99 – $89.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $39.97 $13.32 – $71.00

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