Uric acid blood 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

$62.37

Cash price

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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.

$189.00

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.

$2.26 with Texas Healthspring vs $81.70 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
Texas Healthspring MM $2.26 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star KM $4.22 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4.22 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4.22 ↓ -93%
El Paso First KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
First Care KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Plus MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Molina Star Plus KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Kids KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Community First Star Kids KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Community First Star KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna Chip KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Community First Chip KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna Star KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Molina Chip KM $4.52 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $4.66 ↓ -93%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $4.66 ↓ -93%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $4.75 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $4.75 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $4.75 ↓ -92%
US Imaging Network PPO $4.84 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MM $4.88 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MM $4.88 ↓ -92%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $4.97 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MM $4.97 ↓ -92%
Imperial Health Plan MM $4.97 ↓ -92%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $5.42 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Payer $5.76 ↓ -91%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $5.88 ↓ -91%
Christus Health HIX $6.33 ↓ -90%
Aetna New Business $8.05 ↓ -87%
Aetna EPO $8.94 ↓ -86%
Aetna POS $8.94 ↓ -86%
Aetna HMO $8.94 ↓ -86%
Aetna PPO $8.94 ↓ -86%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $9.04 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Chip KM $10.32 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $10.32 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star KM $10.32 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $10.32 ↓ -83%
Community First Med Adv MM $10.32 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $11.62 ↓ -81%
Humana Choicecare $11.90 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $14.15 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $14.33 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $15.91 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $16.77 ↓ -73%
Cigna New Business $17.76 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $22.49 ↓ -64%
Community First Health Plan HMO $37.84 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Highways PPO $38.70 ↓ -38%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $47.30 ↓ -24%
First Health PPO $55.90 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PPO $55.90 ↓ -10%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $55.90 ↓ -10%
Phcs PPO $55.90 ↓ -10%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $60.20 ↓ -3%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $64.50 ↑ +3%
Provider Select PPO $68.80 ↑ +10%
Beech Street PPO $68.80 ↑ +10%
HealthSmart PPO $68.80 ↑ +10%
Health Management Network PPO $68.80 ↑ +10%
National Choicecare PPO $81.70 ↑ +31%

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