Biopsy of heart lining at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$1,155.00
Cash price 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.
$3,500.00
Gross charge 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.
$385.00 with Aetna vs $11,137.00 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Chip KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Star KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| First Care | KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| El Paso First | KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $385.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $420.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $420.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $420.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $420.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $420.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $420.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $420.00 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $630.00 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $630.00 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $630.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $1,050.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $1,050.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | New Business | $1,295.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $1,785.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $1,925.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,925.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $2,275.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $2,275.00 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | PPO | $2,275.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Phcs | PPO | $2,275.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $2,625.00 | ↑ +127% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $2,800.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $2,800.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $2,800.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $2,800.00 | ↑ +142% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Wellcare | MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Aetna | MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $2,955.44 | ↑ +156% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $3,044.10 | ↑ +164% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $3,044.10 | ↑ +164% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $3,103.21 | ↑ +169% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $3,162.32 | ↑ +174% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $3,191.88 | ↑ +176% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $3,191.88 | ↑ +176% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $3,250.98 | ↑ +181% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $3,250.98 | ↑ +181% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $3,250.98 | ↑ +181% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $3,325.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $3,546.53 | ↑ +207% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $3,842.07 | ↑ +233% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $4,020.00 | ↑ +248% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $4,137.62 | ↑ +258% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $4,773.00 | ↑ +313% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $5,910.88 | ↑ +412% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $6,878.00 | ↑ +495% |
| Aetna | New Business | $7,823.00 | ↑ +577% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $7,942.00 | ↑ +588% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $8,387.00 | ↑ +626% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $8,489.00 | ↑ +635% |
| Aetna | PPO | $8,691.00 | ↑ +652% |
| Aetna | EPO | $8,691.00 | ↑ +652% |
| Aetna | HMO | $8,691.00 | ↑ +652% |
| Aetna | POS | $8,691.00 | ↑ +652% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $9,434.00 | ↑ +717% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $9,928.00 | ↑ +760% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $11,137.00 | ↑ +864% |
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Biopsy of heart lining at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,819.15 | $1,648.76 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $6,306.49 | $1,298.09 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,099.77 | $1,019.95 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,819.15 | $1,551.77 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $6,306.49 | $2,024.38 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $6,306.49 | $3,258.35 – $9,459.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,099.77 | $1,699.92 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $5,819.15 | $1,551.77 – $7,896.23 |