Very long chain fatty acids 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

$120.45

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.

$365.00

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.

$9.88 with Texas Healthspring vs $169.10 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 $9.88 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $16.85 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $16.85 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star KM $16.85 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare All Payer $18.59 ↓ -85%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Community First Star Kids KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Community First Star KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Aetna Chip KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Aetna MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Aetna Star KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Coventry First Health MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Community First Chip KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Molina Chip KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Molina Star Plus KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Superior Chip KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
First Care KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
El Paso First KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Humana Gold Choice MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Humana Gold Plus MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Superior Foster Care KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Superior Star Plus KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Triwest VA MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Wellcare MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Allwell Superior Health MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Superior Star Plus MM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Superior Star Kids KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Superior Star KM $19.75 ↓ -84%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $20.34 ↓ -83%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $20.34 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $20.74 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $20.74 ↓ -83%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $20.74 ↓ -83%
US Imaging Network PPO $21.13 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Plan MM $21.33 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup MM $21.33 ↓ -82%
Community First Med Adv MM $21.36 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $21.36 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $21.36 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Star KM $21.36 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Chip KM $21.36 ↓ -82%
ProCare Advantage MM $21.73 ↓ -82%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $21.73 ↓ -82%
Imperial Health Plan MM $21.73 ↓ -82%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $23.70 ↓ -80%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $25.68 ↓ -79%
Christus Health HIX $27.65 ↓ -77%
Aetna POS $39.12 ↓ -68%
Aetna EPO $39.12 ↓ -68%
Aetna PPO $39.12 ↓ -68%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $39.50 ↓ -67%
Humana Choicecare $47.56 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $50.76 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $61.82 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $62.61 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $69.52 ↓ -42%
Cigna New Business $72.05 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $73.27 ↓ -39%
Community First Health Plan HMO $78.32 ↓ -35%
Healthcare Highways PPO $80.10 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO $91.24 ↓ -24%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $97.90 ↓ -19%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $115.70 ↓ -4%
Phcs PPO $115.70 ↓ -4%
Multiplan PPO $115.70 ↓ -4%
First Health PPO $115.70 ↓ -4%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $124.60 ↑ +3%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $133.50 ↑ +11%
HealthSmart PPO $142.40 ↑ +18%
Beech Street PPO $142.40 ↑ +18%
Provider Select PPO $142.40 ↑ +18%
Health Management Network PPO $142.40 ↑ +18%
National Choicecare PPO $169.10 ↑ +40%

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