Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$71.28

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.

$216.00

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.

$5.64 with United Healthcare vs $91.24 with Cigna — 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
United Healthcare All Payer $5.64 ↓ -92%
Texas Healthspring MM $8.99 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $11.40 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star KM $11.40 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $11.40 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Chip KM $11.40 ↓ -84%
Community First Med Adv MM $11.40 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $16.77 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Chip KM $16.77 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Star KM $16.77 ↓ -76%
Coventry First Health MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Choice MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Plus MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna Chip KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna Star KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Wellcare MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Molina Chip KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Molina Star Plus KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Superior Chip KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Plus KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Superior Foster Care KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Superior Star KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Kids KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Plus MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Allwell Superior Health MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Community First Chip KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Community First Star KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Community First Star Kids KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
El Paso First KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
First Care KM $17.98 ↓ -75%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $18.52 ↓ -74%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $18.52 ↓ -74%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $18.88 ↓ -74%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $18.88 ↓ -74%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $18.88 ↓ -74%
US Imaging Network PPO $19.24 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Plan MM $19.42 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup MM $19.42 ↓ -73%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.78 ↓ -72%
Imperial Health Plan MM $19.78 ↓ -72%
ProCare Advantage MM $19.78 ↓ -72%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $21.58 ↓ -70%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $23.37 ↓ -67%
Christus Health HIX $25.17 ↓ -65%
Aetna New Business $32.05 ↓ -55%
Aetna HMO $35.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna POS $35.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna EPO $35.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna PPO $35.61 ↓ -50%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $35.96 ↓ -50%
Community First Health Plan HMO $41.80 ↓ -41%
Healthcare Highways PPO $42.75 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $46.21 ↓ -35%
Humana Choicecare $47.35 ↓ -34%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $52.25 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $56.28 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $57.00 ↓ -20%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $61.75 ↓ -13%
Multiplan PPO $61.75 ↓ -13%
First Health PPO $61.75 ↓ -13%
Phcs PPO $61.75 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $63.29 ↓ -11%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $66.50 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $66.71 ↓ -6%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $71.25 ↓ -0%
Cigna New Business $72.05 ↑ +1%
Beech Street PPO $76.00 ↑ +7%
Provider Select PPO $76.00 ↑ +7%
Health Management Network PPO $76.00 ↑ +7%
HealthSmart PPO $76.00 ↑ +7%
National Choicecare PPO $90.25 ↑ +27%
Cigna PPO $91.24 ↑ +28%

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