Thyroid (TSH) Test 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

$122.76

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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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$372.00

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.

$6.62 with United Healthcare vs $247.95 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
United Healthcare All Payer $6.62 ↓ -95%
Texas Healthspring MM $8.40 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $15.68 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $15.68 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star KM $15.68 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Community First Star Kids KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Community First Star KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Aetna Chip KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Aetna MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Aetna Star KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Coventry First Health MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Community First Chip KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Molina Chip KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Molina Star Plus KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Superior Chip KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
First Care KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
El Paso First KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Plus MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Triwest VA MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus MM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Kids KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Superior Star KM $16.80 ↓ -86%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $17.30 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $17.30 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $17.64 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.64 ↓ -86%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17.64 ↓ -86%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.98 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health Plan MM $18.14 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MM $18.14 ↓ -85%
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.48 ↓ -85%
ProCare Advantage MM $18.48 ↓ -85%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.48 ↓ -85%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $20.16 ↓ -84%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $21.84 ↓ -82%
Christus Health HIX $23.52 ↓ -81%
Community First Med Adv MM $31.32 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $31.32 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star KM $31.32 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $31.32 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Chip KM $31.32 ↓ -74%
Aetna EPO $33.27 ↓ -73%
Aetna POS $33.27 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $33.27 ↓ -73%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $33.60 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $43.18 ↓ -65%
Humana Choicecare $44.26 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $52.58 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $53.26 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $59.14 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $62.33 ↓ -49%
Cigna New Business $66.83 ↓ -46%
Cigna PPO $84.63 ↓ -31%
Community First Health Plan HMO $114.84 ↓ -6%
Healthcare Highways PPO $117.45 ↓ -4%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $143.55 ↑ +17%
Multiplan PPO $169.65 ↑ +38%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $169.65 ↑ +38%
Phcs PPO $169.65 ↑ +38%
First Health PPO $169.65 ↑ +38%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $182.70 ↑ +49%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $195.75 ↑ +59%
Provider Select PPO $208.80 ↑ +70%
Beech Street PPO $208.80 ↑ +70%
Health Management Network PPO $208.80 ↑ +70%
HealthSmart PPO $208.80 ↑ +70%
National Choicecare PPO $247.95 ↑ +102%

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