Tc-99m medronate at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$503.05
Cash price 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.
$1,524.38
Gross charge 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.
$12.79 with Aetna vs $236.55 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | MM | $12.79 | ↓ -97% |
| First Care | KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Community First | Star KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior | Star KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| El Paso First | KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $27.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $29.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $29.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $29.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $29.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $29.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $29.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $29.88 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $29.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $33.28 | ↓ -93% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $37.35 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $40.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $41.05 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $44.82 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $44.82 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $44.82 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $45.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $48.04 | ↓ -90% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $52.29 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $59.19 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $74.70 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $74.70 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | New Business | $92.13 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $99.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $99.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $112.05 | ↓ -78% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $124.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $126.99 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | PPO | $136.95 | ↓ -73% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $136.95 | ↓ -73% |
| Phcs | PPO | $149.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $149.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $149.40 | ↓ -70% |
| First Health | PPO | $161.85 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $161.85 | ↓ -68% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $174.30 | ↓ -65% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $186.75 | ↓ -63% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $199.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $199.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $199.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $199.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $211.65 | ↓ -58% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $236.55 | ↓ -53% |
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Tc-99m medronate at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $1,048.89 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,099.56 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $384.78 | $14.12 – $824.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $61.25 | $11.66 – $175.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $82.78 | $17.87 – $425.70 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $132.45 | $27.71 – $794.70 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $903.13 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $61.25 | $14.12 – $175.00 |