X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) 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

$696.63

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.

$2,111.00

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.

$29.74 with United Healthcare vs $516.80 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 $29.74 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Chip KM $29.74 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $29.74 ↓ -96%
Texas Healthspring MM $41.34 ↓ -94%
Aetna New Business $53.68 ↓ -92%
Humana Choicecare $57.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna PPO $59.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $59.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna POS $59.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna EPO $59.64 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $65.28 ↓ -91%
Community First Med Adv MM $65.28 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Chip KM $65.28 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $65.28 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star KM $65.28 ↓ -91%
Cigna New Business $65.70 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Allwell Superior Health MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Coventry First Health MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Wellcare MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Triwest VA MM $82.68 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $83.21 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -88%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -88%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $86.81 ↓ -88%
US Imaging Network PPO $88.47 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MM $89.29 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Plan MM $89.29 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -87%
Imperial Health Plan MM $90.95 ↓ -87%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -87%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $99.22 ↓ -86%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $107.48 ↓ -85%
Molina Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Superior Star KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Superior Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Superior Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Superior Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
First Care KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Community First Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Community First Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Molina Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Aetna Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Aetna Star KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
El Paso First KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Superior Foster Care KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Community First Star KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -84%
Christus Health HIX $115.75 ↓ -83%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $165.36 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare All Payer $228.48 ↓ -67%
Community First Health Plan HMO $239.36 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways PPO $244.80 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $246.61 ↓ -65%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $299.20 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $299.29 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $303.28 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $336.80 ↓ -52%
Phcs PPO $353.60 ↓ -49%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $353.60 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PPO $353.60 ↓ -49%
First Health PPO $353.60 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $354.36 ↓ -49%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $380.80 ↓ -45%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $408.00 ↓ -41%
Provider Select PPO $435.20 ↓ -38%
HealthSmart PPO $435.20 ↓ -38%
Beech Street PPO $435.20 ↓ -38%
Health Management Network PPO $435.20 ↓ -38%
National Choicecare PPO $516.80 ↓ -26%

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X-ray elbow >= 3 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $613.26 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $414.68 $85.36 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $440.72 $33.08 – $550.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $414.68 $35.40 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $414.68 $33.08 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $440.72 $33.08 – $661.08

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