Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$773.52

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.

$2,344.00

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.

$188.66 with Texas Healthspring vs $2,226.80 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
Texas Healthspring MM $188.66 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $281.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $281.28 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $281.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $281.28 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $281.28 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star KM $287.69 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Chip KM $287.69 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $287.69 ↓ -63%
Wellcare MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Superior Star Plus MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Allwell Superior Health MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Aetna MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Triwest VA MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Humana Gold Plus MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Coventry First Health MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Humana Gold Choice MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare MM $377.31 ↓ -51%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $388.63 ↓ -50%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $388.63 ↓ -50%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $396.18 ↓ -49%
US Imaging Network PPO $403.72 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup MM $407.49 ↓ -47%
Devoted Health Plan MM $407.49 ↓ -47%
ProCare Advantage MM $415.04 ↓ -46%
Imperial Health Plan MM $415.04 ↓ -46%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $415.04 ↓ -46%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $452.77 ↓ -41%
Superior Star KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Aetna Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Aetna Star KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Molina Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Molina Star Plus KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Superior Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Superior Star Plus KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Superior Foster Care KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Superior Star Kids KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Community First Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Community First Star KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Community First Star Kids KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
El Paso First KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
First Care KM $489.74 ↓ -37%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $490.50 ↓ -37%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $514.23 ↓ -34%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $514.23 ↓ -34%
Christus Health HIX $528.23 ↓ -32%
Aetna New Business $537.76 ↓ -30%
Humana Choicecare $565.38 ↓ -27%
Aetna PPO $597.51 ↓ -23%
Aetna POS $597.51 ↓ -23%
Aetna HMO $597.51 ↓ -23%
Aetna EPO $597.51 ↓ -23%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $754.62 ↓ -2%
Cigna New Business $799.51 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $835.20 ↑ +8%
Cigna PPO $1,012.50 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,013.59 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,027.10 ↑ +33%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,031.36 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,054.80 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,094.00 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,140.62 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,200.09 ↑ +55%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,289.20 ↑ +67%
Phcs PPO $1,523.60 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,523.60 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $1,523.60 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,523.60 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,640.80 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,758.00 ↑ +127%
HealthSmart PPO $1,875.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,875.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,875.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,875.20 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $2,226.80 ↑ +188%

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