Smear nasal eosinophil 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

$46.20

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.

$140.00

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.

$2.90 with Texas Healthspring vs $399.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $2.90 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $4.86 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4.86 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4.86 ↓ -89%
Humana Gold Plus MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
El Paso First KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Community First Star Kids KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Community First Star KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Community First Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Kids KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna Star KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Coventry First Health MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Molina Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Molina Star Plus KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Superior Star KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Allwell Superior Health MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Superior Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Triwest VA MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
First Care KM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5.79 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5.96 ↓ -87%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $5.96 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6.08 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6.08 ↓ -87%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $6.08 ↓ -87%
US Imaging Network PPO $6.20 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MM $6.25 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Plan MM $6.25 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage MM $6.37 ↓ -86%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $6.37 ↓ -86%
Imperial Health Plan MM $6.37 ↓ -86%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $6.95 ↓ -85%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $7.53 ↓ -84%
Christus Health HIX $8.11 ↓ -82%
Aetna New Business $10.31 ↓ -78%
Aetna POS $11.46 ↓ -75%
Aetna EPO $11.46 ↓ -75%
Aetna HMO $11.46 ↓ -75%
Aetna PPO $11.46 ↓ -75%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $11.58 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Star KM $12.36 ↓ -73%
Community First Med Adv MM $12.36 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $12.36 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Chip KM $12.36 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $12.36 ↓ -73%
Humana Choicecare $12.50 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $14.88 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $18.12 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $18.35 ↓ -60%
Cigna New Business $18.80 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $20.38 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $21.48 ↓ -54%
Cigna PPO $23.80 ↓ -48%
Community First Health Plan HMO $45.32 ↓ -2%
Healthcare Highways PPO $46.35 ↑ +0%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $56.65 ↑ +23%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $66.95 ↑ +45%
Phcs PPO $66.95 ↑ +45%
Multiplan PPO $66.95 ↑ +45%
First Health PPO $66.95 ↑ +45%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $72.10 ↑ +56%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $77.25 ↑ +67%
Health Management Network PPO $82.40 ↑ +78%
Beech Street PPO $82.40 ↑ +78%
HealthSmart PPO $82.40 ↑ +78%
Provider Select PPO $82.40 ↑ +78%
National Choicecare PPO $97.85 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare All Payer $399.00 ↑ +764%

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