X-ray knee 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

$838.86

Cash price

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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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$2,542.00

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.

$33.75 with United Healthcare vs $354.36 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.

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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 $33.75 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star KM $33.75 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $33.75 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $38.64 ↓ -95%
Community First Med Adv MM $38.64 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $38.64 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Chip KM $38.64 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Star KM $38.64 ↓ -95%
Texas Healthspring MM $41.34 ↓ -95%
Humana Choicecare $65.38 ↓ -92%
Aetna New Business $70.93 ↓ -92%
Cigna New Business $77.21 ↓ -91%
Aetna PPO $78.81 ↓ -91%
Aetna EPO $78.81 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $78.81 ↓ -91%
Aetna POS $78.81 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Allwell Superior Health MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Superior Star Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Coventry First Health MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Triwest VA MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -90%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -90%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $86.81 ↓ -90%
US Imaging Network PPO $88.47 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MM $89.29 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health Plan MM $89.29 ↓ -89%
ProCare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -89%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -89%
Imperial Health Plan MM $90.95 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $97.77 ↓ -88%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $99.22 ↓ -88%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $107.48 ↓ -87%
Community First Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Superior Star KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Superior Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Superior Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
First Care KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
El Paso First KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Molina Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Superior Foster Care KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Molina Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Aetna Star KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Aetna Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Community First Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Community First Star KM $109.47 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -86%
Christus Health HIX $115.75 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare All Payer $135.24 ↓ -84%
Community First Health Plan HMO $141.68 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways PPO $144.90 ↓ -83%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $165.36 ↓ -80%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $177.10 ↓ -79%
Phcs PPO $209.30 ↓ -75%
Multiplan PPO $209.30 ↓ -75%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $209.30 ↓ -75%
First Health PPO $209.30 ↓ -75%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $225.40 ↓ -73%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $241.50 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $246.61 ↓ -71%
Beech Street PPO $257.60 ↓ -69%
Provider Select PPO $257.60 ↓ -69%
Health Management Network PPO $257.60 ↓ -69%
HealthSmart PPO $257.60 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $299.29 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $303.28 ↓ -64%
National Choicecare PPO $305.90 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $336.80 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $354.36 ↓ -58%

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X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $570.08 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $319.24 $41.10 – $399.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $347.83 $71.59 – $521.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $417.08 $41.10 – $521.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $319.24 $41.10 – $399.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $347.83 $43.98 – $521.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $347.83 $41.10 – $521.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $417.08 $41.10 – $625.62

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