Test for urine cystines 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

$64.68

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.

$196.00

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.

$4.78 with Texas Healthspring vs $186.20 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
Texas Healthspring MM $4.78 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star KM $8.02 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Chip KM $8.02 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $8.02 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Plus MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Community First Star Kids KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Community First Star KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Community First Chip KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna Chip KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna Star KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Coventry First Health MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Molina Chip KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Molina Star Plus KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
First Care KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
El Paso First KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Choice MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Superior Foster Care KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Superior Chip KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Triwest VA MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Allwell Superior Health MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Plus MM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Superior Star Kids KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Superior Star KM $9.55 ↓ -85%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $9.84 ↓ -85%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $9.84 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $10.03 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $10.03 ↓ -84%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $10.03 ↓ -84%
US Imaging Network PPO $10.22 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MM $10.31 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Plan MM $10.31 ↓ -84%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $10.51 ↓ -84%
Imperial Health Plan MM $10.51 ↓ -84%
ProCare Advantage MM $10.51 ↓ -84%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $11.46 ↓ -82%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $12.42 ↓ -81%
Christus Health HIX $13.37 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare All Payer $18.49 ↓ -71%
Aetna PPO $18.90 ↓ -71%
Aetna EPO $18.90 ↓ -71%
Aetna POS $18.90 ↓ -71%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $19.10 ↓ -70%
Humana Choicecare $21.50 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $23.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $23.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $23.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $23.52 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $23.52 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $24.54 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $29.89 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $30.27 ↓ -53%
Cigna New Business $32.38 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $33.62 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $35.43 ↓ -45%
Cigna PPO $41.00 ↓ -37%
Community First Health Plan HMO $86.24 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $88.20 ↑ +36%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $107.80 ↑ +67%
First Health PPO $127.40 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $127.40 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $127.40 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $127.40 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $137.20 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $147.00 ↑ +127%
Provider Select PPO $156.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $156.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $156.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $156.80 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $186.20 ↑ +188%

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