Natriuretic peptide 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

$105.27

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.

$319.00

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.

$6.07 with United Healthcare vs $218.50 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
United Healthcare All Payer $6.07 ↓ -94%
Texas Healthspring MM $19.63 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $27.60 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star KM $27.60 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $27.60 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Chip KM $27.60 ↓ -74%
Community First Med Adv MM $27.60 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $32.98 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Chip KM $32.98 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Star KM $32.98 ↓ -69%
Molina Chip KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Humana Gold Choice MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Humana Gold Plus MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Aetna Chip KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Aetna MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Aetna Star KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Coventry First Health MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Wellcare MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Molina Star Plus KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Superior Chip KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Superior Star Plus KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Superior Foster Care KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Superior Star KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Superior Star Kids KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Superior Star Plus MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Allwell Superior Health MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Triwest VA MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Community First Chip KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Community First Star KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Community First Star Kids KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
El Paso First KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
First Care KM $39.26 ↓ -63%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $40.44 ↓ -62%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $40.44 ↓ -62%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $41.22 ↓ -61%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $41.22 ↓ -61%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $41.22 ↓ -61%
US Imaging Network PPO $42.01 ↓ -60%
Devoted Health Plan MM $42.40 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup MM $42.40 ↓ -60%
Imperial Health Plan MM $43.19 ↓ -59%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $43.19 ↓ -59%
ProCare Advantage MM $43.19 ↓ -59%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $47.11 ↓ -55%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $51.04 ↓ -52%
Christus Health HIX $54.96 ↓ -48%
Aetna POS $77.73 ↓ -26%
Aetna PPO $77.73 ↓ -26%
Aetna EPO $77.73 ↓ -26%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $78.52 ↓ -25%
Humana Choicecare $89.40 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $100.90 ↓ -4%
Community First Health Plan HMO $101.20 ↓ -4%
Healthcare Highways PPO $103.50 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $122.88 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $124.45 ↑ +18%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $126.50 ↑ +20%
Cigna New Business $135.73 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $138.20 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $145.65 ↑ +38%
First Health PPO $149.50 ↑ +42%
Multiplan PPO $149.50 ↑ +42%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $149.50 ↑ +42%
Phcs PPO $149.50 ↑ +42%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $161.00 ↑ +53%
Cigna PPO $171.89 ↑ +63%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $172.50 ↑ +64%
Health Management Network PPO $184.00 ↑ +75%
Provider Select PPO $184.00 ↑ +75%
HealthSmart PPO $184.00 ↑ +75%
Beech Street PPO $184.00 ↑ +75%
National Choicecare PPO $218.50 ↑ +108%

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