MRI guid ndl plc s&i 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

$621.06

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.

$1,882.00

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.

$207.02 with Community First 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
Community First Chip KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $207.02 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star KM $225.84 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $225.84 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $225.84 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $225.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $225.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $225.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $225.84 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $282.30 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Chip KM $338.76 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $338.76 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $338.76 ↓ -45%
Christus Health HIX $395.22 ↓ -36%
Aetna MM $540.63 ↓ -13%
Molina Chip KM $564.60 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $564.60 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup MM $752.80 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $752.80 ↑ +21%
Community First Health Plan HMO $880.00 ↑ +42%
Devoted Health Plan MM $941.00 ↑ +52%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,035.10 ↑ +67%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,100.00 ↑ +77%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,129.20 ↑ +82%
Humana Choicecare $1,178.00 ↑ +90%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,185.00 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,223.30 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $1,223.30 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,223.30 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $1,223.30 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $1,265.05 ↑ +104%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,411.50 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $1,505.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,505.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,505.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,505.60 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,535.25 ↑ +147%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,555.72 ↑ +150%
Aetna New Business $1,577.00 ↑ +154%
Triwest VA MM $1,599.70 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,727.67 ↑ +178%
Aetna HMO $1,752.00 ↑ +182%
Aetna EPO $1,752.00 ↑ +182%
Aetna PPO $1,752.00 ↑ +182%
Aetna POS $1,752.00 ↑ +182%
National Choicecare PPO $1,787.90 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,817.74 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,869.00 ↑ +201%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,251.00 ↑ +262%

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MRI guid ndl plc s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $880.00 – $2,251.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,037.97 $294.09 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,264.76 $260.33 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,354.55 $270.91 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,037.97 $276.79 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,264.76 $405.99 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,264.76 $653.46 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,354.55 $451.52 – $2,149.00

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