Ventilator initial day 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

$855.03

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.

$2,591.00

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.

$208.00 with Humana vs $2,461.45 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
Humana Choicecare $208.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna New Business $283.00 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $285.01 ↓ -67%
Community First Med Adv MM $310.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $310.92 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $310.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $310.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $310.92 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $310.92 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $310.92 ↓ -64%
Cigna PPO $359.00 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Star KM $466.38 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $466.38 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $466.38 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare All Payer $594.00 ↓ -31%
Coventry First Health MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Humana Gold Choice MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Humana Gold Plus MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Aetna MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Wellcare MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Superior Star Plus MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Allwell Superior Health MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Triwest VA MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Texas Healthspring MM $620.76 ↓ -27%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $639.38 ↓ -25%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $639.38 ↓ -25%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $651.80 ↓ -24%
US Imaging Network PPO $664.21 ↓ -22%
Devoted Health Plan MM $670.42 ↓ -22%
Amerigroup MM $670.42 ↓ -22%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $682.84 ↓ -20%
Imperial Health Plan MM $682.84 ↓ -20%
ProCare Advantage MM $682.84 ↓ -20%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $744.91 ↓ -13%
Molina Star Plus KM $777.30 ↓ -9%
Molina Chip KM $777.30 ↓ -9%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $806.99 ↓ -6%
Christus Health HIX $869.06 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $1,128.81 ↑ +32%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,165.95 ↑ +36%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,241.52 ↑ +45%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,321.41 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $1,384.30 ↑ +62%
Aetna New Business $1,399.14 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $1,402.88 ↑ +64%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,425.05 ↑ +67%
Aetna PPO $1,554.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna POS $1,554.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna HMO $1,554.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna EPO $1,554.60 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,556.18 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,644.44 ↑ +92%
First Health PPO $1,684.15 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,684.15 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $1,684.15 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,684.15 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,813.70 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,943.25 ↑ +127%
HealthSmart PPO $2,072.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $2,072.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,072.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $2,072.80 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $2,461.45 ↑ +188%

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