Lymphatics/lymph node imaging 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

$1,550.67

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.

$4,699.00

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.

$252.71 with Texas Healthspring vs $4,464.05 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 $252.71 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star KM $343.15 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $343.15 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Chip KM $343.15 ↓ -78%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Wellcare MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Aetna MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Allwell Superior Health MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Coventry First Health MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Triwest VA MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Humana Gold Choice MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Humana Gold Plus MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $505.42 ↓ -67%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $520.58 ↓ -66%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $520.58 ↓ -66%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $530.69 ↓ -66%
US Imaging Network PPO $540.80 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup MM $545.85 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health Plan MM $545.85 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage MM $555.96 ↓ -64%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $555.96 ↓ -64%
Imperial Health Plan MM $555.96 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $563.88 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $563.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $563.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $563.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $563.88 ↓ -64%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $606.50 ↓ -61%
Aetna New Business $626.67 ↓ -60%
Superior Star KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Aetna Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Aetna Star KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Molina Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Molina Star Plus KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Superior Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Superior Star Plus KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Superior Foster Care KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Superior Star Kids KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Community First Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Community First Star KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Community First Star Kids KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
El Paso First KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
First Care KM $635.67 ↓ -59%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $657.05 ↓ -58%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $667.45 ↓ -57%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $667.45 ↓ -57%
Humana Choicecare $671.98 ↓ -57%
Aetna HMO $696.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna PPO $696.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna EPO $696.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna POS $696.30 ↓ -55%
Christus Health HIX $707.59 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business $912.21 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $957.71 ↓ -38%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,010.84 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,094.00 ↓ -29%
Cigna PPO $1,155.21 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,162.28 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,177.77 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,307.95 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,376.13 ↓ -11%
Community First Health Plan HMO $2,067.56 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,114.55 ↑ +36%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $2,584.45 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $3,054.35 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $3,054.35 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $3,054.35 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $3,054.35 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $3,289.30 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $3,524.25 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $3,759.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $3,759.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $3,759.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $3,759.20 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $4,464.05 ↑ +188%

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