X-ray abdomen >=3 views 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

$402.93

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.

$1,221.00

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.

$36.75 with United Healthcare vs $1,159.95 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
United Healthcare Star KM $36.75 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $36.75 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Chip KM $36.75 ↓ -91%
Texas Healthspring MM $49.93 ↓ -88%
Aetna New Business $67.91 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $75.45 ↓ -81%
Aetna EPO $75.45 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $75.45 ↓ -81%
Aetna POS $75.45 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Allwell Superior Health MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Plus MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Wellcare MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Coventry First Health MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Choice MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Humana Gold Plus MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Triwest VA MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Aetna MM $99.85 ↓ -75%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $102.85 ↓ -74%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $102.85 ↓ -74%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $104.84 ↓ -74%
US Imaging Network PPO $106.84 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Plan MM $107.84 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup MM $107.84 ↓ -73%
ProCare Advantage MM $109.84 ↓ -73%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $109.84 ↓ -73%
Imperial Health Plan MM $109.84 ↓ -73%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $119.82 ↓ -70%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $129.81 ↓ -68%
Superior Star KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Molina Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Molina Star Plus KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
First Care KM $134.67 ↓ -67%
Christus Health HIX $139.79 ↓ -65%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $141.40 ↓ -65%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $141.40 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Star KM $146.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $146.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $146.52 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $146.52 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $146.52 ↓ -64%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $199.70 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $346.33 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $420.30 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $425.90 ↑ +6%
Cigna New Business $451.77 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $472.98 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $497.64 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare All Payer $512.82 ↑ +27%
Community First Health Plan HMO $537.24 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $549.45 ↑ +36%
Humana Choicecare $610.50 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $671.55 ↑ +67%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $671.55 ↑ +67%
Phcs PPO $793.65 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $793.65 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $793.65 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $793.65 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $854.70 ↑ +112%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $915.75 ↑ +127%
Health Management Network PPO $976.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $976.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $976.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $976.80 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $1,159.95 ↑ +188%

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