Osmolality blood 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

$48.84

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.

$148.00

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.

$2.31 with United Healthcare vs $102.60 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 $2.31 ↓ -95%
Texas Healthspring MM $3.31 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $6.17 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $6.17 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star KM $6.17 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Community First Star Kids KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Community First Star KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Aetna Chip KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Aetna MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Aetna Star KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Coventry First Health MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Community First Chip KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Molina Chip KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Molina Star Plus KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Superior Chip KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
First Care KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
El Paso First KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Choice MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Plus MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Superior Foster Care KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Triwest VA MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Allwell Superior Health MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus MM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Kids KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Superior Star KM $6.61 ↓ -86%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $6.81 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $6.81 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6.94 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6.94 ↓ -86%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $6.94 ↓ -86%
US Imaging Network PPO $7.07 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Plan MM $7.14 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MM $7.14 ↓ -85%
Imperial Health Plan MM $7.27 ↓ -85%
ProCare Advantage MM $7.27 ↓ -85%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $7.27 ↓ -85%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $7.93 ↓ -84%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $8.59 ↓ -82%
Christus Health HIX $9.25 ↓ -81%
Community First Med Adv MM $12.96 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $12.96 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star KM $12.96 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $12.96 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Chip KM $12.96 ↓ -73%
Humana Choicecare $12.98 ↓ -73%
Aetna EPO $13.08 ↓ -73%
Aetna POS $13.08 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $13.08 ↓ -73%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $13.22 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $16.99 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $20.69 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $20.95 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $23.27 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $24.52 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business $26.09 ↓ -47%
Cigna PPO $33.04 ↓ -32%
Community First Health Plan HMO $47.52 ↓ -3%
Healthcare Highways PPO $48.60 ↓ -0%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $59.40 ↑ +22%
Multiplan PPO $70.20 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $70.20 ↑ +44%
Phcs PPO $70.20 ↑ +44%
First Health PPO $70.20 ↑ +44%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $75.60 ↑ +55%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $81.00 ↑ +66%
Provider Select PPO $86.40 ↑ +77%
Beech Street PPO $86.40 ↑ +77%
Health Management Network PPO $86.40 ↑ +77%
HealthSmart PPO $86.40 ↑ +77%
National Choicecare PPO $102.60 ↑ +110%

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