New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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

$492.03

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.

$1,491.00

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.

$12.21 with Driscoll Children's Health Plan vs $386.30 with Humana — 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
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Community First Star Kids KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Community First Chip KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Kids KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Superior Star KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Superior Foster Care KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Plus KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
First Care KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
El Paso First KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Superior Chip KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna Chip KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Community First Star KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna Star KM $12.21 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $13.32 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $13.32 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Chip KM $13.32 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $13.32 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star KM $13.32 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $13.32 ↓ -97%
Community First Med Adv MM $13.32 ↓ -97%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.65 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star KM $19.98 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Chip KM $19.98 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $19.98 ↓ -96%
Christus Health HIX $23.31 ↓ -95%
Molina Chip KM $33.30 ↓ -93%
Molina Star Plus KM $33.30 ↓ -93%
Cigna New Business $41.07 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $44.40 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MM $44.40 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Payer $46.62 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways PPO $49.95 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MM $55.50 ↓ -89%
Community First Health Plan HMO $56.61 ↓ -88%
Aetna New Business $59.94 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $61.05 ↓ -88%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $61.05 ↓ -88%
Aetna PPO $66.60 ↓ -86%
Aetna EPO $66.60 ↓ -86%
Aetna HMO $66.60 ↓ -86%
Aetna POS $66.60 ↓ -86%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $66.60 ↓ -86%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $72.15 ↓ -85%
First Health PPO $72.15 ↓ -85%
Multiplan PPO $72.15 ↓ -85%
Phcs PPO $72.15 ↓ -85%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $77.70 ↓ -84%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $83.25 ↓ -83%
Health Management Network PPO $88.80 ↓ -82%
Provider Select PPO $88.80 ↓ -82%
Beech Street PPO $88.80 ↓ -82%
HealthSmart PPO $88.80 ↓ -82%
Triwest VA MM $94.35 ↓ -81%
National Choicecare PPO $105.45 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $128.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna MM $142.79 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $152.00 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $156.00 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $158.00 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $186.00 ↓ -62%
Humana Choicecare $386.30 ↓ -21%

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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,075.78 $659.08 – $659.08
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,210.66 $351.91 – $400.58
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $251.65 $82.00 – $719.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $208.78 $37.59 – $295.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $246.90 $100.00 – $671.98
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $251.65 $74.00 – $719.00
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St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $208.78 $77.00 – $363.58

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