Reticulocyte direct measurement automated 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

$10.89

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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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$33.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2.79 with Texas Healthspring vs $27.75 with Cigna — 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

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 $2.79 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $3.48 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Chip KM $3.48 ↓ -68%
Community First Med Adv MM $3.48 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $3.48 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Star KM $3.48 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $5.20 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Star KM $5.20 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Chip KM $5.20 ↓ -52%
Molina Chip KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Humana Gold Plus MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Aetna Chip KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Aetna MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Aetna Star KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Coventry First Health MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Wellcare MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Molina Star Plus KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Superior Chip KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Superior Star KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Superior Star Kids KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Superior Star Plus MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Allwell Superior Health MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Triwest VA MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Community First Chip KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Community First Star KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Community First Star Kids KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
El Paso First KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
First Care KM $5.57 ↓ -49%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5.74 ↓ -47%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $5.74 ↓ -47%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5.85 ↓ -46%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $5.85 ↓ -46%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5.85 ↓ -46%
US Imaging Network PPO $5.96 ↓ -45%
Devoted Health Plan MM $6.02 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup MM $6.02 ↓ -45%
ProCare Advantage MM $6.13 ↓ -44%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $6.13 ↓ -44%
Imperial Health Plan MM $6.13 ↓ -44%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $6.68 ↓ -39%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $7.24 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.52 ↓ -31%
Christus Health HIX $7.80 ↓ -28%
Aetna EPO $11.04 ↑ +1%
Aetna POS $11.04 ↑ +1%
Aetna PPO $11.04 ↑ +1%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $11.14 ↑ +2%
Community First Health Plan HMO $12.76 ↑ +17%
Healthcare Highways PPO $13.05 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $14.31 ↑ +31%
Humana Choicecare $14.67 ↑ +35%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $15.95 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $17.43 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $17.66 ↑ +62%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $18.85 ↑ +73%
First Health PPO $18.85 ↑ +73%
Multiplan PPO $18.85 ↑ +73%
Phcs PPO $18.85 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $19.61 ↑ +80%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $20.30 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $20.66 ↑ +90%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $21.75 ↑ +100%
Cigna New Business $21.91 ↑ +101%
Beech Street PPO $23.20 ↑ +113%
Health Management Network PPO $23.20 ↑ +113%
Provider Select PPO $23.20 ↑ +113%
HealthSmart PPO $23.20 ↑ +113%
National Choicecare PPO $27.55 ↑ +153%
Cigna PPO $27.75 ↑ +155%

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