Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$229.68
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.
$696.00
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.
$59.52 with Amerigroup vs $10,721.00 with Five Point Credit Union — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $59.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $59.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $59.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $59.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $59.52 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $83.38 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $83.38 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $83.38 | ↓ -64% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| First Care | KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| El Paso First | KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Superior | Star KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $98.83 | ↓ -57% |
| Community First | Star KM | $103.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $103.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $103.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $103.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $105.75 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $135.97 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $139.45 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $154.56 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $159.21 | ↓ -31% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $238.08 | ↑ +4% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $248.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $272.80 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $322.40 | ↑ +40% |
| Phcs | PPO | $322.40 | ↑ +40% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $322.40 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | PPO | $322.40 | ↑ +40% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $372.00 | ↑ +62% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $396.80 | ↑ +73% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $396.80 | ↑ +73% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $396.80 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $396.80 | ↑ +73% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $471.20 | ↑ +105% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Wellcare | MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $574.78 | ↑ +150% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $592.02 | ↑ +158% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $592.02 | ↑ +158% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $603.52 | ↑ +163% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $615.01 | ↑ +168% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $620.76 | ↑ +170% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $620.76 | ↑ +170% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $632.26 | ↑ +175% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $632.26 | ↑ +175% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $632.26 | ↑ +175% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $689.74 | ↑ +200% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $747.21 | ↑ +225% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $804.69 | ↑ +250% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $1,149.56 | ↑ +401% |
| Aetna | New Business | $1,612.00 | ↑ +602% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +680% |
| Aetna | POS | $1,791.00 | ↑ +680% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +680% |
| Aetna | EPO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +680% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1,943.00 | ↑ +746% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $2,349.00 | ↑ +923% |
| Cigna | New Business | $3,395.00 | ↑ +1378% |
| Cigna | PPO | $4,308.00 | ↑ +1776% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $10,721.00 | ↑ +4568% |
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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $645.67 | $98.83 – $1,596.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $634.09 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $789.90 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $645.67 | $98.83 – $1,596.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $634.09 | $85.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $634.09 | $98.83 – $1,555.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $789.90 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $645.67 | $98.83 – $1,596.25 |