Prednisone 1 mg tablet 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

$40.33

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.

$122.20

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.

$0.01 with Aetna vs $5.80 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
Aetna MM $0.01 ↓ -100%
Aetna POS $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna HMO $0.02 ↓ -100%
Humana Choicecare $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna PPO $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna New Business $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna EPO $0.02 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $0.03 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $0.03 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $0.03 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $0.04 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $0.04 ↓ -100%
First Care KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
El Paso First KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Kids KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Superior Star KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Superior Foster Care KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Superior Chip KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Plus KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Community First Star Kids KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna Chip KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna Star KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Community First Star KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Community First Chip KM $0.67 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $0.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Chip KM $0.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $0.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star KM $0.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $0.73 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $0.73 ↓ -98%
Community First Med Adv MM $0.73 ↓ -98%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $0.91 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Star KM $1.09 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Chip KM $1.09 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $1.09 ↓ -97%
Christus Health HIX $1.28 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare All Payer $1.43 ↓ -96%
Molina Star Plus KM $1.83 ↓ -95%
Molina Chip KM $1.83 ↓ -95%
Cigna New Business $2.26 ↓ -94%
Imperial Health Plan MM $2.44 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MM $2.44 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways PPO $2.74 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3.05 ↓ -92%
Community First Health Plan HMO $3.11 ↓ -92%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $3.36 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $3.36 ↓ -92%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3.66 ↓ -91%
Multiplan PPO $3.66 ↓ -91%
Phcs PPO $3.66 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $3.97 ↓ -90%
First Health PPO $3.97 ↓ -90%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4.27 ↓ -89%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $4.58 ↓ -89%
Beech Street PPO $4.88 ↓ -88%
Provider Select PPO $4.88 ↓ -88%
HealthSmart PPO $4.88 ↓ -88%
Health Management Network PPO $4.88 ↓ -88%
Triwest VA MM $5.19 ↓ -87%
National Choicecare PPO $5.80 ↓ -86%

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