Mr spectroscopy 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

$879.12

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.

$2,664.00

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.

$41.34 with Texas Healthspring vs $2,530.80 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 $41.34 ↓ -95%
Superior Star Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Triwest VA MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Aetna MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Coventry First Health MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Allwell Superior Health MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MM $82.68 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -90%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -90%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $86.81 ↓ -90%
US Imaging Network PPO $88.47 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MM $89.29 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MM $89.29 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -90%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -90%
Imperial Health Plan MM $90.95 ↓ -90%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $99.22 ↓ -89%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $107.48 ↓ -88%
Christus Health HIX $115.75 ↓ -87%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $165.36 ↓ -81%
Superior Star KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $293.04 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $319.68 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $319.68 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $319.68 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $319.68 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $319.68 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $319.68 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $319.68 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $479.52 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $479.52 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $479.52 ↓ -45%
Molina Star Plus KM $799.20 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $799.20 ↓ -9%
Community First Health Plan HMO $880.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $1,046.11 ↑ +19%
Humana Choicecare $1,178.00 ↑ +34%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,185.00 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,284.37 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,299.26 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,444.45 ↑ +64%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,465.20 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,518.90 ↑ +73%
Cigna New Business $1,541.00 ↑ +75%
Aetna New Business $1,577.00 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,731.60 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $1,731.60 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,731.60 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $1,731.60 ↑ +97%
Aetna EPO $1,752.00 ↑ +99%
Aetna POS $1,752.00 ↑ +99%
Aetna PPO $1,752.00 ↑ +99%
Aetna HMO $1,752.00 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,869.00 ↑ +113%
Cigna PPO $1,956.00 ↑ +122%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,998.00 ↑ +127%
HealthSmart PPO $2,131.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $2,131.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $2,131.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,131.20 ↑ +142%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,251.00 ↑ +156%
National Choicecare PPO $2,530.80 ↑ +188%

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