Metabolic panel ionized ca 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

$145.86

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.

$442.00

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.

$5.77 with United Healthcare vs $129.20 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
United Healthcare All Payer $5.77 ↓ -96%
Texas Healthspring MM $6.87 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Chip KM $11.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $11.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star KM $11.53 ↓ -92%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Community First Star Kids KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Community First Star KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Aetna Chip KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Aetna MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Aetna Star KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Coventry First Health MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Community First Chip KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Molina Chip KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Molina Star Plus KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Superior Chip KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
First Care KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
El Paso First KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Choice MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Plus MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Superior Foster Care KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Superior Star Plus KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Triwest VA MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Allwell Superior Health MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Superior Star Plus MM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Superior Star Kids KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Superior Star KM $13.73 ↓ -91%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $14.14 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $14.14 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $14.42 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $14.42 ↓ -90%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $14.42 ↓ -90%
US Imaging Network PPO $14.69 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MM $14.83 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MM $14.83 ↓ -90%
Imperial Health Plan MM $15.10 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage MM $15.10 ↓ -90%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $15.10 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $16.32 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $16.32 ↓ -89%
Community First Med Adv MM $16.32 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Chip KM $16.32 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star KM $16.32 ↓ -89%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $16.48 ↓ -89%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $17.85 ↓ -88%
Christus Health HIX $19.22 ↓ -87%
Humana Choicecare $22.27 ↓ -85%
Aetna POS $27.18 ↓ -81%
Aetna EPO $27.18 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $27.18 ↓ -81%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $27.46 ↓ -81%
Cigna New Business $33.41 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $35.29 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $42.32 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $42.97 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $43.52 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $48.33 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $50.94 ↓ -65%
Community First Health Plan HMO $59.84 ↓ -59%
Healthcare Highways PPO $61.20 ↓ -58%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $74.80 ↓ -49%
First Health PPO $88.40 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PPO $88.40 ↓ -39%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $88.40 ↓ -39%
Phcs PPO $88.40 ↓ -39%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $95.20 ↓ -35%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $102.00 ↓ -30%
Beech Street PPO $108.80 ↓ -25%
Health Management Network PPO $108.80 ↓ -25%
Provider Select PPO $108.80 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart PPO $108.80 ↓ -25%
National Choicecare PPO $129.20 ↓ -11%

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