Tc-99m mertiatide 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

$1,266.87

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.

$3,839.00

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.

$422.29 with Community First vs $3,647.05 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
Community First Chip KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $422.29 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star KM $460.68 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $460.68 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $460.68 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $460.68 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $460.68 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $460.68 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $460.68 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $575.85 ↓ -55%
Aetna MM $621.85 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Star KM $691.02 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $691.02 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $691.02 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare All Payer $768.23 ↓ -39%
Christus Health HIX $806.19 ↓ -36%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,151.70 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $1,151.70 ↓ -9%
Cigna New Business $1,420.43 ↑ +12%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,535.60 ↑ +21%
Amerigroup MM $1,535.60 ↑ +21%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,727.55 ↑ +36%
Humana Choicecare $1,785.08 ↑ +41%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,919.50 ↑ +52%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,957.89 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $1,983.22 ↑ +57%
Cigna PPO $2,111.45 ↑ +67%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $2,111.45 ↑ +67%
Phcs PPO $2,303.40 ↑ +82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $2,303.40 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $2,303.40 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $2,415.36 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $2,446.23 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,495.35 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $2,495.35 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,687.30 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $2,716.31 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $2,862.93 ↑ +126%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $2,879.25 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $3,071.20 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $3,071.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $3,071.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $3,071.20 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $3,263.15 ↑ +158%
National Choicecare PPO $3,647.05 ↑ +188%

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Tc-99m mertiatide at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $3,133.94 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,515.31 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,611.33 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $893.40 $100.00 – $1,914.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $944.65 $100.00 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $343.70 $250.22 – $1,767.60
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $290.54 $100.00 – $1,651.40
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,699.87 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57

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