Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose 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

$388.60

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$1,177.58

Gross charge

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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.

$71.17 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas vs $614.65 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Community First Star Kids KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
First Care KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Community First Chip KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Kids KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Superior Star KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Superior Foster Care KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
El Paso First KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Aetna Chip KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Plus KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Aetna Star KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Superior Chip KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Community First Star KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $71.17 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $77.64 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Chip KM $77.64 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $77.64 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star KM $77.64 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $77.64 ↓ -80%
Community First Med Adv MM $77.64 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $77.64 ↓ -80%
Aetna MM $83.91 ↓ -78%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $97.05 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Star KM $116.46 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $116.46 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $116.46 ↓ -70%
Christus Health HIX $135.87 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare All Payer $157.85 ↓ -59%
Molina Chip KM $194.10 ↓ -50%
Molina Star Plus KM $194.10 ↓ -50%
Humana Choicecare $224.54 ↓ -42%
Cigna New Business $239.39 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $249.47 ↓ -36%
Imperial Health Plan MM $258.80 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup MM $258.80 ↓ -33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $291.15 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $303.83 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $307.71 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Plan MM $323.50 ↓ -17%
Community First Health Plan HMO $329.97 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $341.69 ↓ -12%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $355.85 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO $355.85 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $360.13 ↓ -7%
Phcs PPO $388.20 ↓ -0%
Multiplan PPO $388.20 ↓ -0%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $388.20 ↓ -0%
First Health PPO $420.55 ↑ +8%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $420.55 ↑ +8%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $452.90 ↑ +17%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $485.25 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart PPO $517.60 ↑ +33%
Health Management Network PPO $517.60 ↑ +33%
Beech Street PPO $517.60 ↑ +33%
Provider Select PPO $517.60 ↑ +33%
Triwest VA MM $549.95 ↑ +42%
National Choicecare PPO $614.65 ↑ +58%

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Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $531.44 $190.26 – $1,139.09
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $165.20 $100.00 – $354.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $119.00 $87.36 – $340.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $97.30 $70.84 – $500.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $59.25 $100.00 – $315.90
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $457.01 $190.26 – $1,139.09
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $119.00 $88.40 – $340.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $119.00 $88.40 – $340.00

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