Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference 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

$51.48

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.

$156.00

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.

$4.33 with United Healthcare vs $148.20 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 $4.33 ↓ -92%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $17.16 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $18.72 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $18.72 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $18.72 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $18.72 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $18.72 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $18.72 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $18.72 ↓ -64%
Texas Healthspring MM $27.89 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $28.08 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $28.08 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $28.08 ↓ -45%
Molina Chip KM $46.80 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $46.80 ↓ -9%
Humana Choicecare $51.21 ↓ -1%
Aetna POS $55.62 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO $55.62 ↑ +8%
Aetna EPO $55.62 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Wellcare MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Superior Star Plus MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Humana Gold Plus MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Allwell Superior Health MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Coventry First Health MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Triwest VA MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Aetna MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Humana Gold Choice MM $55.78 ↑ +8%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $57.45 ↑ +12%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $57.45 ↑ +12%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $58.57 ↑ +14%
US Imaging Network PPO $59.68 ↑ +16%
Devoted Health Plan MM $60.24 ↑ +17%
Amerigroup MM $60.24 ↑ +17%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $61.36 ↑ +19%
Imperial Health Plan MM $61.36 ↑ +19%
ProCare Advantage MM $61.36 ↑ +19%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $66.94 ↑ +30%
Community First Health Plan HMO $68.64 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $70.20 ↑ +36%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $72.51 ↑ +41%
Christus Health HIX $78.09 ↑ +52%
Cigna New Business $83.52 ↑ +62%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $85.80 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $85.92 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $101.40 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $101.40 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $101.40 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $101.40 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $104.64 ↑ +103%
Cigna PPO $105.77 ↑ +105%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $105.97 ↑ +106%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $109.20 ↑ +112%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $111.56 ↑ +117%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $117.00 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $117.67 ↑ +129%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $124.03 ↑ +141%
Health Management Network PPO $124.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $124.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $124.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $124.80 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $148.20 ↑ +188%

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