X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view 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

$441.21

Cash price

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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.

$1,337.00

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.

$25.32 with Amerigroup 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
Amerigroup Star KM $25.32 ↓ -94%
Community First Med Adv MM $25.32 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $25.32 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Chip KM $25.32 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $25.32 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $36.43 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $36.43 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $36.43 ↓ -92%
Texas Healthspring MM $41.34 ↓ -91%
Aetna New Business $67.18 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $71.44 ↓ -84%
Aetna POS $74.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna PPO $74.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna EPO $74.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $74.64 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business $75.10 ↓ -83%
Superior Star Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Choice MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Humana Gold Plus MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Coventry First Health MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Triwest VA MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Wellcare MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Allwell Superior Health MM $82.68 ↓ -81%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $85.16 ↓ -81%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $86.81 ↓ -80%
US Imaging Network PPO $88.47 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare All Payer $88.62 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Plan MM $89.29 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MM $89.29 ↓ -80%
Imperial Health Plan MM $90.95 ↓ -79%
ProCare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -79%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $90.95 ↓ -79%
Community First Health Plan HMO $92.84 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways PPO $94.95 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $95.11 ↓ -78%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $99.22 ↓ -78%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $107.48 ↓ -76%
Molina Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
First Care KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Aetna Star KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Superior Foster Care KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Plus KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Community First Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Superior Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Aetna Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Molina Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Superior Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
El Paso First KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Superior Star KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Community First Star Kids KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Community First Star KM $109.47 ↓ -75%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $114.94 ↓ -74%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $114.94 ↓ -74%
Christus Health HIX $115.75 ↓ -74%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $116.05 ↓ -74%
Multiplan PPO $137.15 ↓ -69%
Phcs PPO $137.15 ↓ -69%
First Health PPO $137.15 ↓ -69%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $137.15 ↓ -69%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $147.70 ↓ -67%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $158.25 ↓ -64%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $165.36 ↓ -63%
HealthSmart PPO $168.80 ↓ -62%
Beech Street PPO $168.80 ↓ -62%
Provider Select PPO $168.80 ↓ -62%
Health Management Network PPO $168.80 ↓ -62%
National Choicecare PPO $200.45 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $246.61 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $299.29 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $303.28 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $336.80 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $354.36 ↓ -20%

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