Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions 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

$3,981.45

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.

$12,065.00

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.

$455.95 with Aetna vs $8,153.00 with Cigna — 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
Aetna Chip KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Plus KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Superior Chip KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Aetna Star KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Community First Star Kids KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Community First Star KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
First Care KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Community First Chip KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
El Paso First KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Superior Star Kids KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Superior Star KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Superior Foster Care KM $455.95 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $497.40 ↓ -88%
Community First Med Adv MM $497.40 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $497.40 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $497.40 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $497.40 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star KM $497.40 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Chip KM $497.40 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $619.55 ↓ -84%
Texas Healthspring MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Choice MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Allwell Superior Health MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Aetna MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Superior Star Plus MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Triwest VA MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Wellcare MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Plus MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
Coventry First Health MM $741.85 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Star KM $746.10 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $746.10 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Chip KM $746.10 ↓ -81%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $764.11 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $764.11 ↓ -81%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $778.94 ↓ -80%
US Imaging Network PPO $793.78 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $796.56 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Plan MM $801.20 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MM $801.20 ↓ -80%
Imperial Health Plan MM $816.04 ↓ -80%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $816.04 ↓ -80%
ProCare Advantage MM $816.04 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $816.98 ↓ -79%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $890.22 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $905.49 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $932.72 ↓ -77%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $964.41 ↓ -76%
Christus Health HIX $1,038.59 ↓ -74%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,243.50 ↓ -69%
Molina Chip KM $1,243.50 ↓ -69%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,483.70 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,943.00 ↓ -51%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,989.60 ↓ -50%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $2,279.75 ↓ -43%
Aetna New Business $2,335.00 ↓ -41%
Humana Choicecare $2,349.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna PPO $2,594.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna EPO $2,594.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna HMO $2,594.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna POS $2,594.00 ↓ -35%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,694.25 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PPO $2,694.25 ↓ -32%
Phcs PPO $2,694.25 ↓ -32%
First Health PPO $2,694.25 ↓ -32%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2,963.00 ↓ -26%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $3,108.75 ↓ -22%
Health Management Network PPO $3,316.00 ↓ -17%
Beech Street PPO $3,316.00 ↓ -17%
Provider Select PPO $3,316.00 ↓ -17%
HealthSmart PPO $3,316.00 ↓ -17%
National Choicecare PPO $3,937.75 ↓ -1%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +1%
Cigna New Business $6,423.00 ↑ +61%
Cigna PPO $8,153.00 ↑ +105%

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