Mayo nickel 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

$69.63

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.

$211.00

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.

$12.26 with Texas Healthspring vs $200.45 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 $12.26 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star KM $22.87 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Chip KM $22.87 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $22.87 ↓ -67%
Humana Gold Plus MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Community First Star Kids KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Community First Star KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Community First Chip KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Aetna Chip KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Aetna MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Aetna Star KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Coventry First Health MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Molina Chip KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Molina Star Plus KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Superior Star Kids KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Superior Star Plus KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Superior Foster Care KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Superior Star KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Superior Star Plus MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Superior Chip KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
First Care KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
El Paso First KM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Humana Gold Choice MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Wellcare MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Triwest VA MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Allwell Superior Health MM $24.51 ↓ -65%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $25.25 ↓ -64%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $25.25 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $25.32 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $25.74 ↓ -63%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $25.74 ↓ -63%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $25.74 ↓ -63%
US Imaging Network PPO $26.23 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup MM $26.47 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health Plan MM $26.47 ↓ -62%
ProCare Advantage MM $26.96 ↓ -61%
Imperial Health Plan MM $26.96 ↓ -61%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $26.96 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare All Payer $27.05 ↓ -61%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $29.41 ↓ -58%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $31.86 ↓ -54%
Christus Health HIX $34.31 ↓ -51%
Aetna POS $48.54 ↓ -30%
Aetna PPO $48.54 ↓ -30%
Aetna EPO $48.54 ↓ -30%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $49.02 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $62.99 ↓ -10%
Humana Choicecare $64.55 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $76.72 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $77.70 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $86.28 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $90.93 ↑ +31%
Community First Health Plan HMO $92.84 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $94.95 ↑ +36%
Cigna New Business $98.14 ↑ +41%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $116.05 ↑ +67%
Cigna PPO $124.28 ↑ +78%
Phcs PPO $137.15 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $137.15 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $137.15 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $137.15 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $147.70 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $158.25 ↑ +127%
HealthSmart PPO $168.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $168.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $168.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $168.80 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $200.45 ↑ +188%

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