Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$720.28

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$2,182.66

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.

$2.98 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas vs $112.66 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $2.98 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $3.63 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $3.68 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $4.08 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $4.30 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.58 ↓ -99%
Superior Star Plus MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Triwest VA MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Coventry First Health MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Allwell Superior Health MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Humana Gold Plus MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Texas Healthspring MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Humana Gold Choice MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $8.36 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $8.61 ↓ -99%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $8.61 ↓ -99%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $8.78 ↓ -99%
US Imaging Network PPO $8.95 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MM $9.03 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MM $9.03 ↓ -99%
Imperial Health Plan MM $9.20 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MM $9.20 ↓ -99%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $9.20 ↓ -99%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $10.03 ↓ -99%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $10.87 ↓ -98%
Christus Health HIX $11.70 ↓ -98%
Community First Chip KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
El Paso First KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Community First Star KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Community First Star Kids KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Superior Chip KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Plus KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Superior Foster Care KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Superior Star KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Kids KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna Chip KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
First Care KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna Star KM $13.04 ↓ -98%
Community First Med Adv MM $14.23 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Chip KM $14.23 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $14.23 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star KM $14.23 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $14.23 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $14.23 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $14.23 ↓ -98%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $16.72 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Chip KM $21.34 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $21.34 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $21.34 ↓ -97%
Humana Choicecare $34.43 ↓ -95%
Molina Star Plus KM $35.57 ↓ -95%
Molina Chip KM $35.57 ↓ -95%
Cigna New Business $43.87 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways PPO $53.36 ↓ -93%
Community First Health Plan HMO $60.48 ↓ -92%
Aetna New Business $64.03 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $65.22 ↓ -91%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $65.22 ↓ -91%
Phcs PPO $71.15 ↓ -90%
Aetna POS $71.15 ↓ -90%
Multiplan PPO $71.15 ↓ -90%
Aetna HMO $71.15 ↓ -90%
Aetna EPO $71.15 ↓ -90%
Aetna PPO $71.15 ↓ -90%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $77.08 ↓ -89%
First Health PPO $77.08 ↓ -89%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $83.01 ↓ -88%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $88.94 ↓ -88%
HealthSmart PPO $94.87 ↓ -87%
Beech Street PPO $94.87 ↓ -87%
Provider Select PPO $94.87 ↓ -87%
Health Management Network PPO $94.87 ↓ -87%
National Choicecare PPO $112.66 ↓ -84%

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