Uric acid urine 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

$42.90

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.

$130.00

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.

$2.54 with Texas Healthspring vs $46.55 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 $2.54 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $4.43 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Chip KM $4.43 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $4.43 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Plus MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Community First Star Kids KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Community First Star KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Community First Chip KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Aetna Chip KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Aetna Star KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Coventry First Health MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Molina Chip KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Molina Star Plus KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
First Care KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
El Paso First KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Chip KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Triwest VA MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Wellcare MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Allwell Superior Health MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus MM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Kids KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Superior Star KM $5.08 ↓ -88%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $5.23 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5.23 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5.33 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5.33 ↓ -88%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $5.33 ↓ -88%
US Imaging Network PPO $5.44 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MM $5.49 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Plan MM $5.49 ↓ -87%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $5.59 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage MM $5.59 ↓ -87%
Imperial Health Plan MM $5.59 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Chip KM $5.88 ↓ -86%
Community First Med Adv MM $5.88 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $5.88 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star KM $5.88 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $5.88 ↓ -86%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $6.10 ↓ -86%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $6.60 ↓ -85%
Christus Health HIX $7.11 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.19 ↓ -83%
Aetna POS $10.05 ↓ -77%
Aetna PPO $10.05 ↓ -77%
Aetna EPO $10.05 ↓ -77%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $10.16 ↓ -76%
Humana Choicecare $12.50 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $13.06 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $15.90 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $16.10 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $17.88 ↓ -58%
Cigna New Business $18.80 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $18.85 ↓ -56%
Community First Health Plan HMO $21.56 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Highways PPO $22.05 ↓ -49%
Cigna PPO $23.80 ↓ -45%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $26.95 ↓ -37%
Multiplan PPO $31.85 ↓ -26%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $31.85 ↓ -26%
First Health PPO $31.85 ↓ -26%
Phcs PPO $31.85 ↓ -26%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $34.30 ↓ -20%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $36.75 ↓ -14%
HealthSmart PPO $39.20 ↓ -9%
Provider Select PPO $39.20 ↓ -9%
Beech Street PPO $39.20 ↓ -9%
Health Management Network PPO $39.20 ↓ -9%
National Choicecare PPO $46.55 ↑ +9%

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