Ultrasound joint complete left 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 23, 2026

$571.89

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.

$1,733.00

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.

$48.24 with Community First vs $660.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Community First Med Adv MM $48.24 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $48.24 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $48.24 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star KM $48.24 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $48.24 ↓ -92%
Texas Healthspring MM $49.93 ↓ -91%
Aetna New Business $63.42 ↓ -89%
Aetna HMO $70.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna POS $70.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna PPO $70.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna EPO $70.47 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Chip KM $96.28 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $96.28 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star KM $96.28 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Choice MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Humana Gold Plus MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Aetna MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Coventry First Health MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Triwest VA MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Wellcare MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Allwell Superior Health MM $99.85 ↓ -83%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $102.85 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $102.85 ↓ -82%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $104.84 ↓ -82%
US Imaging Network PPO $106.84 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Plan MM $107.84 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MM $107.84 ↓ -81%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $109.84 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MM $109.84 ↓ -81%
Imperial Health Plan MM $109.84 ↓ -81%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $119.82 ↓ -79%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $129.81 ↓ -77%
Molina Chip KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Superior Chip KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Superior Star Plus KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Superior Foster Care KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Superior Star KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Superior Star Kids KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Aetna Star KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
First Care KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
El Paso First KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Community First Star KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Community First Chip KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Aetna Chip KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Community First Star Kids KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Molina Star Plus KM $137.30 ↓ -76%
Christus Health HIX $139.79 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $144.17 ↓ -75%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $144.17 ↓ -75%
Community First Health Plan HMO $176.88 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $179.28 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways PPO $180.90 ↓ -68%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $199.70 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $217.58 ↓ -62%
Humana Choicecare $217.84 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $220.48 ↓ -61%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $221.10 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $244.84 ↓ -57%
Cigna New Business $256.76 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $257.61 ↓ -55%
First Health PPO $261.30 ↓ -54%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $261.30 ↓ -54%
Phcs PPO $261.30 ↓ -54%
Multiplan PPO $261.30 ↓ -54%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $281.40 ↓ -51%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $301.50 ↓ -47%
HealthSmart PPO $321.60 ↓ -44%
Beech Street PPO $321.60 ↓ -44%
Provider Select PPO $321.60 ↓ -44%
Health Management Network PPO $321.60 ↓ -44%
Cigna PPO $325.16 ↓ -43%
National Choicecare PPO $381.90 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare All Payer $660.00 ↑ +15%

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