Transferrin 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

$60.06

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.

$182.00

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.

$4.24 with United Healthcare vs $108.30 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 $4.24 ↓ -93%
Texas Healthspring MM $6.38 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Chip KM $11.91 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $11.91 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star KM $11.91 ↓ -80%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Community First Star Kids KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Community First Star KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Aetna Chip KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Aetna MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Aetna Star KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Coventry First Health MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Community First Chip KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Molina Chip KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Molina Star Plus KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Superior Chip KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
First Care KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
El Paso First KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Humana Gold Choice MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Humana Gold Plus MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Superior Foster Care KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Triwest VA MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Wellcare MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Allwell Superior Health MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus MM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Kids KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Superior Star KM $12.76 ↓ -79%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $13.14 ↓ -78%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $13.14 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $13.40 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $13.40 ↓ -78%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $13.40 ↓ -78%
US Imaging Network PPO $13.65 ↓ -77%
Community First Med Adv MM $13.68 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $13.68 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star KM $13.68 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $13.68 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Chip KM $13.68 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Plan MM $13.78 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup MM $13.78 ↓ -77%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $14.04 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage MM $14.04 ↓ -77%
Imperial Health Plan MM $14.04 ↓ -77%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $15.31 ↓ -75%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $16.59 ↓ -72%
Christus Health HIX $17.86 ↓ -70%
Humana Choicecare $24.25 ↓ -60%
Aetna EPO $25.26 ↓ -58%
Aetna PPO $25.26 ↓ -58%
Aetna POS $25.26 ↓ -58%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $25.52 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $32.79 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $39.94 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $40.45 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $44.92 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $47.34 ↓ -21%
Community First Health Plan HMO $50.16 ↓ -16%
Cigna New Business $51.14 ↓ -15%
Healthcare Highways PPO $51.30 ↓ -15%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $62.70 ↑ +4%
Cigna PPO $64.77 ↑ +8%
Multiplan PPO $74.10 ↑ +23%
First Health PPO $74.10 ↑ +23%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $74.10 ↑ +23%
Phcs PPO $74.10 ↑ +23%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $79.80 ↑ +33%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $85.50 ↑ +42%
Provider Select PPO $91.20 ↑ +52%
Beech Street PPO $91.20 ↑ +52%
Health Management Network PPO $91.20 ↑ +52%
HealthSmart PPO $91.20 ↑ +52%
National Choicecare PPO $108.30 ↑ +80%

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