Ultrasound guide intraoperative at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$945.45
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.
$2,865.00
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.
$49.55 with Aetna vs $2,564.05 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 | $49.55 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | New Business | $133.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | POS | $148.65 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | PPO | $148.65 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | EPO | $148.65 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | HMO | $148.65 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $201.56 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $244.61 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $247.87 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $275.27 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $289.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| First Care | KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| El Paso First | KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Community First | Star KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior | Star KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $296.89 | ↓ -69% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $323.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $323.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $323.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $323.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $323.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $323.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $323.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $339.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $404.85 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $485.82 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $485.82 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $485.82 | ↓ -49% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $566.79 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $660.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $809.70 | ↓ -14% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $809.70 | ↓ -14% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $1,079.60 | ↑ +14% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $1,079.60 | ↑ +14% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $1,187.56 | ↑ +26% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $1,214.55 | ↑ +28% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $1,349.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $1,484.45 | ↑ +57% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $1,619.40 | ↑ +71% |
| Phcs | PPO | $1,754.35 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | PPO | $1,754.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $1,754.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $1,754.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $1,889.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $2,024.25 | ↑ +114% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $2,159.20 | ↑ +128% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $2,159.20 | ↑ +128% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $2,159.20 | ↑ +128% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $2,159.20 | ↑ +128% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $2,294.15 | ↑ +143% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $2,564.05 | ↑ +171% |
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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $632.90 | $130.46 – $896.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $656.12 | $135.05 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $488.56 | $97.71 – $610.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $632.90 | $149.38 – $896.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $656.12 | $210.61 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $656.12 | $338.99 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $488.56 | $162.85 – $732.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $632.90 | $130.46 – $896.61 |