Nicardipine 25 mg/10 ml intravenous solution 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

$254.44

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.

$771.04

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.

$0.08 with Aetna vs $225.73 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
Aetna MM $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare All Payer $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna New Business $0.14 ↓ -100%
Aetna HMO $0.16 ↓ -100%
Aetna POS $0.16 ↓ -100%
Aetna PPO $0.16 ↓ -100%
Aetna EPO $0.16 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $0.26 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $0.31 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $0.32 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $0.35 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $0.37 ↓ -100%
First Care KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
El Paso First KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Kids KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Superior Star KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Superior Foster Care KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Superior Chip KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Community First Star Kids KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Aetna Chip KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Aetna Star KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Community First Star KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Community First Chip KM $26.13 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $28.51 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Chip KM $28.51 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $28.51 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star KM $28.51 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $28.51 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $28.51 ↓ -89%
Community First Med Adv MM $28.51 ↓ -89%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $35.64 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star KM $42.77 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Chip KM $42.77 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $42.77 ↓ -83%
Christus Health HIX $49.90 ↓ -80%
Molina Star Plus KM $71.28 ↓ -72%
Molina Chip KM $71.28 ↓ -72%
Cigna New Business $87.91 ↓ -65%
Imperial Health Plan MM $95.04 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup MM $95.04 ↓ -63%
Healthcare Highways PPO $106.92 ↓ -58%
Humana Choicecare $118.81 ↓ -53%
Devoted Health Plan MM $118.81 ↓ -53%
Community First Health Plan HMO $121.18 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $130.69 ↓ -49%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $130.69 ↓ -49%
Phcs PPO $142.57 ↓ -44%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $142.57 ↓ -44%
Multiplan PPO $142.57 ↓ -44%
First Health PPO $154.45 ↓ -39%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $154.45 ↓ -39%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $166.33 ↓ -35%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $178.21 ↓ -30%
Provider Select PPO $190.09 ↓ -25%
Beech Street PPO $190.09 ↓ -25%
Health Management Network PPO $190.09 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart PPO $190.09 ↓ -25%
Triwest VA MM $201.97 ↓ -21%
National Choicecare PPO $225.73 ↓ -11%

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