Lung function test (mbc/mvv) 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

$318.78

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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.

$966.00

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.

$39.27 with Driscoll Children's Health Plan vs $339.15 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
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Superior Chip KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Community First Chip KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Aetna Chip KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Aetna Star KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
El Paso First KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Kids KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Superior Star KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Superior Foster Care KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
First Care KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Community First Star Kids KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Community First Star KM $39.27 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $42.84 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Chip KM $42.84 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Star KM $42.84 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $42.84 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $42.84 ↓ -87%
Community First Med Adv MM $42.84 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $42.84 ↓ -87%
Humana Choicecare $47.10 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Choice MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Plus MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Aetna MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Coventry First Health MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Allwell Superior Health MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Triwest VA MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Texas Healthspring MM $55.78 ↓ -83%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $57.45 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $57.45 ↓ -82%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $58.57 ↓ -82%
US Imaging Network PPO $59.68 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Plan MM $60.24 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MM $60.24 ↓ -81%
Imperial Health Plan MM $61.36 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MM $61.36 ↓ -81%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $61.36 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Star KM $64.26 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Chip KM $64.26 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $64.26 ↓ -80%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $66.94 ↓ -79%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $72.51 ↓ -77%
Christus Health HIX $78.09 ↓ -76%
Molina Chip KM $107.10 ↓ -66%
Molina Star Plus KM $107.10 ↓ -66%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $111.56 ↓ -65%
Cigna New Business $132.09 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $133.67 ↓ -58%
Healthcare Highways PPO $160.65 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $163.93 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $166.13 ↓ -48%
Community First Health Plan HMO $182.07 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $184.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna New Business $192.78 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $194.74 ↓ -39%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $196.35 ↓ -38%
Cigna PPO $196.35 ↓ -38%
Aetna EPO $214.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna HMO $214.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna POS $214.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna PPO $214.20 ↓ -33%
First Health PPO $232.05 ↓ -27%
Phcs PPO $232.05 ↓ -27%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $232.05 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PPO $232.05 ↓ -27%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $249.90 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare All Payer $259.00 ↓ -19%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $267.75 ↓ -16%
Beech Street PPO $285.60 ↓ -10%
Health Management Network PPO $285.60 ↓ -10%
Provider Select PPO $285.60 ↓ -10%
HealthSmart PPO $285.60 ↓ -10%
National Choicecare PPO $339.15 ↑ +6%

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