Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$3.30
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.
$10.00
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.
$1.10 with First Care vs $14.58 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — 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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| First Care | KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| El Paso First | KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star KM | $1.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $1.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $1.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $1.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $1.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $1.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $1.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $1.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $1.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | MM | $1.53 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $1.80 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $1.80 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $1.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $2.10 | ↓ -36% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $3.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $3.00 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $3.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | New Business | $3.70 | ↑ +12% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $4.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $4.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $4.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $5.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $5.10 | ↑ +55% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $5.50 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | PPO | $5.50 | ↑ +67% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $6.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $6.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Phcs | PPO | $6.00 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | PPO | $6.50 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $6.50 | ↑ +97% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $7.00 | ↑ +112% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $7.50 | ↑ +127% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $7.55 | ↑ +129% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $8.00 | ↑ +142% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $8.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $8.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $8.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $8.50 | ↑ +158% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $9.50 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $10.10 | ↑ +206% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $12.30 | ↑ +273% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $12.46 | ↑ +278% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $13.83 | ↑ +319% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $14.58 | ↑ +342% |
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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $191.98 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $235.55 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $244.54 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $8.82 | $4.28 – $18.75 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $9.10 | $3.54 – $26.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $58.98 | $5.42 – $303.30 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $11.25 | $8.41 – $73.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $165.94 | $4.19 – $38.28 |