MRA abdomen post contrast at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$3,205.95
Cash price 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.
$9,715.00
Gross charge 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.
$406.12 with Aetna vs $6,750.70 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | MM | $406.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Community First | Star KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| First Care | KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| El Paso First | KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Star KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $781.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $852.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $852.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $852.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $852.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $852.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $852.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $852.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $869.92 | ↓ -73% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $880.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $1,065.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $1,068.05 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $1,080.43 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $1,178.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $1,185.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $1,201.17 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $1,263.09 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $1,279.08 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $1,279.08 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $1,279.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $1,492.26 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business | $1,541.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | New Business | $1,577.00 | ↓ -51% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $1,641.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,752.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | EPO | $1,752.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | POS | $1,752.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,752.00 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1,869.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,956.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $2,131.80 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $2,131.80 | ↓ -34% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $2,251.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $2,842.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $2,842.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $3,553.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $3,908.30 | ↑ +22% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $4,263.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $4,618.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $4,618.90 | ↑ +44% |
| First Health | PPO | $4,618.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Phcs | PPO | $4,618.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $5,329.50 | ↑ +66% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $5,684.80 | ↑ +77% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $5,684.80 | ↑ +77% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $5,684.80 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $5,684.80 | ↑ +77% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $6,040.10 | ↑ +88% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $6,750.70 | ↑ +111% |
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MRA abdomen post contrast at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,948.22 | $552.00 – $2,759.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,128.03 | $438.02 – $3,192.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,234.43 | $446.89 – $2,793.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,948.22 | $519.53 – $2,759.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,128.03 | $683.10 – $3,192.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,128.03 | $1,099.48 – $3,192.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,234.43 | $744.81 – $3,351.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,948.22 | $519.53 – $2,759.98 |