Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$1,535.49
Cash price 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.
$4,653.00
Gross charge 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.
$21.38 with Aetna vs $1,683.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | MM | $21.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | New Business | $57.73 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $58.27 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $61.24 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | POS | $64.14 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | PPO | $64.14 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | EPO | $64.14 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | HMO | $64.14 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $74.33 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $75.32 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $83.64 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $88.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| First Care | KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| El Paso First | KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Community First | Star KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | Star KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $194.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $212.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $212.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $212.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $212.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $212.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $212.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $212.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $265.80 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $318.96 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $318.96 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $318.96 | ↓ -79% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $372.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $531.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $531.60 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $660.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $708.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $708.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $779.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $797.40 | ↓ -48% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $886.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $974.60 | ↓ -37% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $1,063.20 | ↓ -31% |
| Phcs | PPO | $1,151.80 | ↓ -25% |
| First Health | PPO | $1,151.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $1,151.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $1,151.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $1,240.40 | ↓ -19% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $1,329.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $1,417.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $1,417.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,417.60 | ↓ -8% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $1,417.60 | ↓ -8% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $1,506.20 | ↓ -2% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $1,683.40 | ↑ +10% |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,631.77 | $76.31 – $76.31 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $631.95 | $39.64 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $621.95 | $66.60 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $605.63 | $66.60 – $757.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $631.95 | $45.39 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $621.95 | $81.06 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $621.95 | $321.34 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $605.63 | $66.60 – $908.45 |