Tl-201 thallium diag per mci 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

$90.75

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$275.00

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.

$30.25 with Community First vs $563.18 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.

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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 $30.25 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $30.25 ↓ -67%
Aetna MM $32.14 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Star KM $33.00 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $33.00 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $33.00 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $33.00 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $33.00 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $33.00 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $33.00 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $41.25 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare All Payer $43.02 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $49.50 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $49.50 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star KM $49.50 ↓ -45%
Christus Health HIX $57.75 ↓ -36%
Humana Choicecare $67.16 ↓ -26%
Molina Chip KM $82.50 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $82.50 ↓ -9%
Cigna New Business $101.75 ↑ +12%
Imperial Health Plan MM $110.00 ↑ +21%
Amerigroup MM $110.00 ↑ +21%
Healthcare Highways PPO $123.75 ↑ +36%
Devoted Health Plan MM $137.50 ↑ +52%
Community First Health Plan HMO $140.25 ↑ +55%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $151.25 ↑ +67%
Cigna PPO $151.25 ↑ +67%
Multiplan PPO $165.00 ↑ +82%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $165.00 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $165.00 ↑ +82%
First Health PPO $178.75 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $178.75 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $192.50 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $206.25 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $220.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $220.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $220.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $220.00 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $233.75 ↑ +158%
National Choicecare PPO $261.25 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $390.13 ↑ +330%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $475.13 ↑ +424%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $481.21 ↑ +430%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $534.34 ↑ +489%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $563.18 ↑ +521%

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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $27.09 $20.13 – $538.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.35 $21.87 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $33.78 $24.59 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $171.90 $38.72 – $954.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $33.78 $38.60 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00

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