Vital capacity test at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$104.28
Cash price 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.
$316.00
Gross charge 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.
$30.58 with Aetna vs $489.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Chip KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior | Star KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| First Care | KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| El Paso First | KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Community First | Star KM | $30.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $33.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $33.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $33.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $33.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $33.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $33.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $33.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $45.62 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $50.04 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $50.04 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $50.04 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $83.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $83.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | New Business | $102.86 | ↓ -1% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $125.10 | ↑ +20% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $141.78 | ↑ +36% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Wellcare | MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $146.91 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | New Business | $150.12 | ↑ +44% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $151.32 | ↑ +45% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $151.32 | ↑ +45% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $152.90 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | PPO | $152.90 | ↑ +47% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $154.26 | ↑ +48% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $157.19 | ↑ +51% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $158.66 | ↑ +52% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $158.66 | ↑ +52% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $161.60 | ↑ +55% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $161.60 | ↑ +55% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $161.60 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | POS | $166.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | EPO | $166.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | HMO | $166.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | PPO | $166.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $176.29 | ↑ +69% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $180.70 | ↑ +73% |
| Phcs | PPO | $180.70 | ↑ +73% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $180.70 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | PPO | $180.70 | ↑ +73% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $190.98 | ↑ +83% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $194.60 | ↑ +87% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $205.67 | ↑ +97% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $208.50 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $222.40 | ↑ +113% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $222.40 | ↑ +113% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $222.40 | ↑ +113% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $222.40 | ↑ +113% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $259.00 | ↑ +148% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $264.10 | ↑ +153% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $293.82 | ↑ +182% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $336.19 | ↑ +222% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $412.28 | ↑ +295% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $417.82 | ↑ +301% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $463.47 | ↑ +344% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $489.76 | ↑ +370% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $200.99 | $56.95 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $197.26 | $40.60 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $207.11 | $41.42 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $200.99 | $53.60 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $197.26 | $63.32 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $197.26 | $101.92 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $207.11 | $69.04 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $200.99 | $53.60 – $386.96 |