X-ray knee ap standing bilateral 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

$522.06

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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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$1,582.00

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.

$33.75 with United Healthcare vs $428.45 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 $33.75 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $33.75 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $33.75 ↓ -94%
Texas Healthspring MM $41.34 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $54.12 ↓ -90%
Community First Med Adv MM $54.12 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $54.12 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Chip KM $54.12 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star KM $54.12 ↓ -90%
Humana Choicecare $65.28 ↓ -87%
Aetna New Business $71.66 ↓ -86%
Cigna New Business $79.28 ↓ -85%
Aetna POS $79.62 ↓ -85%
Aetna PPO $79.62 ↓ -85%
Aetna EPO $79.62 ↓ -85%
Aetna HMO $79.62 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Allwell Superior Health MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Aetna MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Superior Star Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Coventry First Health MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Triwest VA MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Wellcare MM $82.68 ↓ -84%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -84%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -84%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $86.81 ↓ -83%
US Imaging Network PPO $88.47 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup MM $89.29 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health Plan MM $89.29 ↓ -83%
ProCare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -83%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -83%
Imperial Health Plan MM $90.95 ↓ -83%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $99.22 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $100.40 ↓ -81%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $107.48 ↓ -79%
Community First Star KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Superior Star KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Superior Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Superior Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
First Care KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
El Paso First KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Superior Foster Care KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Molina Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Molina Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna Star KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Community First Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Community First Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -78%
Christus Health HIX $115.75 ↓ -78%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $165.36 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare All Payer $189.42 ↓ -64%
Community First Health Plan HMO $198.44 ↓ -62%
Healthcare Highways PPO $202.95 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $246.61 ↓ -53%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $248.05 ↓ -52%
First Health PPO $293.15 ↓ -44%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $293.15 ↓ -44%
Phcs PPO $293.15 ↓ -44%
Multiplan PPO $293.15 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $299.29 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $303.28 ↓ -42%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $315.70 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $336.80 ↓ -35%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $338.25 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $354.36 ↓ -32%
Health Management Network PPO $360.80 ↓ -31%
Provider Select PPO $360.80 ↓ -31%
HealthSmart PPO $360.80 ↓ -31%
Beech Street PPO $360.80 ↓ -31%
National Choicecare PPO $428.45 ↓ -18%

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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $922.15 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $299.78 $40.10 – $374.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $289.34 $59.56 – $434.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.65 $40.10 – $375.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $299.78 $40.10 – $374.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $289.34 $42.91 – $434.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $289.34 $40.10 – $434.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $300.65 $40.10 – $450.98

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