MRI breast w IV cont bi 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

$2,324.19

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.

$7,043.00

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.

$172.48 with Superior vs $2,251.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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
Superior Chip KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Community First Chip KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Kids KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
First Care KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Community First Star Kids KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna Chip KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
El Paso First KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Community First Star KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna Star KM $172.48 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $188.16 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $188.16 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $188.16 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $188.16 ↓ -92%
Community First Med Adv MM $188.16 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $188.16 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $188.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna MM $211.05 ↓ -91%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $235.20 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $282.24 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star KM $282.24 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Chip KM $282.24 ↓ -88%
Christus Health HIX $329.28 ↓ -86%
Molina Chip KM $470.40 ↓ -80%
Molina Star Plus KM $470.40 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MM $627.20 ↓ -73%
Imperial Health Plan MM $627.20 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Plan MM $784.00 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $823.33 ↓ -65%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $862.40 ↓ -63%
Community First Health Plan HMO $880.00 ↓ -62%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $940.80 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,010.85 ↓ -57%
First Health PPO $1,019.20 ↓ -56%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,019.20 ↓ -56%
Multiplan PPO $1,019.20 ↓ -56%
Phcs PPO $1,019.20 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,022.57 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,136.84 ↓ -51%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,176.00 ↓ -49%
Humana Choicecare $1,178.00 ↓ -49%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,185.00 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,195.44 ↓ -49%
Beech Street PPO $1,254.40 ↓ -46%
Health Management Network PPO $1,254.40 ↓ -46%
Provider Select PPO $1,254.40 ↓ -46%
HealthSmart PPO $1,254.40 ↓ -46%
Triwest VA MM $1,332.80 ↓ -43%
National Choicecare PPO $1,489.60 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business $1,541.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna New Business $1,577.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna POS $1,752.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna PPO $1,752.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna EPO $1,752.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna HMO $1,752.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,869.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna PPO $1,956.00 ↓ -16%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,251.00 ↓ -3%

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