X-ray forearm 2 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

$595.32

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$1,804.00

Gross charge

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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.

$24.39 with United Healthcare vs $432.25 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 Chip KM $24.39 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star KM $24.39 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $24.39 ↓ -96%
Texas Healthspring MM $41.34 ↓ -93%
Humana Choicecare $47.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna New Business $47.68 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business $51.09 ↓ -91%
Aetna EPO $52.98 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $52.98 ↓ -91%
Aetna POS $52.98 ↓ -91%
Aetna PPO $52.98 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $54.60 ↓ -91%
Community First Med Adv MM $54.60 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Chip KM $54.60 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $54.60 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star KM $54.60 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $64.70 ↓ -89%
Aetna MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Allwell Superior Health MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Coventry First Health MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Triwest VA MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -86%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -86%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $86.81 ↓ -85%
US Imaging Network PPO $88.47 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MM $89.29 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health Plan MM $89.29 ↓ -85%
ProCare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -85%
Imperial Health Plan MM $90.95 ↓ -85%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -85%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $99.22 ↓ -83%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $107.48 ↓ -82%
Community First Star KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Superior Star KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Superior Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Superior Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
First Care KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
El Paso First KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Superior Foster Care KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Molina Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Molina Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Aetna Star KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Aetna Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Community First Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Community First Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -81%
Christus Health HIX $115.75 ↓ -81%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $165.36 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare All Payer $191.10 ↓ -68%
Community First Health Plan HMO $200.20 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways PPO $204.75 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $246.61 ↓ -59%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $250.25 ↓ -58%
First Health PPO $295.75 ↓ -50%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $295.75 ↓ -50%
Phcs PPO $295.75 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PPO $295.75 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $299.29 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $303.28 ↓ -49%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $318.50 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $336.80 ↓ -43%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $341.25 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $354.36 ↓ -40%
Health Management Network PPO $364.00 ↓ -39%
Provider Select PPO $364.00 ↓ -39%
HealthSmart PPO $364.00 ↓ -39%
Beech Street PPO $364.00 ↓ -39%
National Choicecare PPO $432.25 ↓ -27%

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X-ray forearm 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $522.39 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $317.62 $29.40 – $397.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $375.50 $77.29 – $563.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $372.73 $29.40 – $465.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $317.62 $29.40 – $397.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $375.50 $31.46 – $563.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $375.50 $29.40 – $563.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $372.73 $29.40 – $559.10

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