Ph body fluid 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

$25.41

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.

$77.00

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.

$1.79 with Texas Healthspring vs $33.25 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 $1.79 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $3.34 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Chip KM $3.34 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $3.34 ↓ -87%
Humana Gold Plus MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Community First Star Kids KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Community First Star KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Community First Chip KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Aetna Chip KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Aetna MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Aetna Star KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Coventry First Health MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Molina Chip KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Molina Star Plus KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
First Care KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
El Paso First KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Superior Foster Care KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Superior Chip KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Triwest VA MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Allwell Superior Health MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus MM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Kids KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Superior Star KM $3.58 ↓ -86%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $3.69 ↓ -85%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $3.69 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $3.76 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $3.76 ↓ -85%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3.76 ↓ -85%
US Imaging Network PPO $3.83 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MM $3.87 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3.87 ↓ -85%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3.94 ↓ -84%
ProCare Advantage MM $3.94 ↓ -84%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3.94 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Chip KM $4.20 ↓ -83%
Community First Med Adv MM $4.20 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $4.20 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star KM $4.20 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $4.20 ↓ -83%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $4.30 ↓ -83%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $4.65 ↓ -82%
Christus Health HIX $5.01 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare All Payer $6.94 ↓ -73%
Aetna POS $7.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna PPO $7.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna EPO $7.08 ↓ -72%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $7.16 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $9.20 ↓ -64%
Humana Choicecare $9.43 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $11.21 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $11.35 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $12.60 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $13.28 ↓ -48%
Cigna New Business $14.62 ↓ -42%
Community First Health Plan HMO $15.40 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Highways PPO $15.75 ↓ -38%
Cigna PPO $18.51 ↓ -27%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $19.25 ↓ -24%
Multiplan PPO $22.75 ↓ -10%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $22.75 ↓ -10%
First Health PPO $22.75 ↓ -10%
Phcs PPO $22.75 ↓ -10%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $24.50 ↓ -4%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $26.25 ↑ +3%
HealthSmart PPO $28.00 ↑ +10%
Provider Select PPO $28.00 ↑ +10%
Beech Street PPO $28.00 ↑ +10%
Health Management Network PPO $28.00 ↑ +10%
National Choicecare PPO $33.25 ↑ +31%

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