Bronchoscopy/lung bx addl 31632 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 16, 2026

$798.60

Cash price

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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.

$2,420.00

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.

$51.88 with Aetna vs $5,774.00 with Cigna — 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
Aetna MM $51.88 ↓ -94%
First Care KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
El Paso First KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Community First Star Kids KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Community First Star KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Community First Chip KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Kids KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Aetna Chip KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Superior Chip KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Aetna Star KM $266.20 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Chip KM $290.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $290.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $290.40 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $290.40 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $290.40 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $290.40 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $290.40 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $363.00 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Star KM $435.60 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Chip KM $435.60 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $435.60 ↓ -45%
Christus Health HIX $508.20 ↓ -36%
Molina Chip KM $726.00 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $726.00 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup MM $968.00 ↑ +21%
Imperial Health Plan MM $968.00 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,082.00 ↑ +35%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,161.60 ↑ +45%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,210.00 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,210.00 ↑ +52%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,331.00 ↑ +67%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,452.00 ↑ +82%
Humana Choicecare $1,534.00 ↑ +92%
First Health PPO $1,573.00 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $1,573.00 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,573.00 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,573.00 ↑ +97%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,815.00 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $1,936.00 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,936.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,936.00 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,936.00 ↑ +142%
Triwest VA MM $2,057.00 ↑ +158%
National Choicecare PPO $2,299.00 ↑ +188%
Aetna New Business $2,335.00 ↑ +192%
Aetna PPO $2,594.00 ↑ +225%
Aetna EPO $2,594.00 ↑ +225%
Aetna HMO $2,594.00 ↑ +225%
Aetna POS $2,594.00 ↑ +225%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +403%
Cigna New Business $4,549.00 ↑ +470%
Cigna PPO $5,774.00 ↑ +623%

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Bronchoscopy/lung bx addl 31632 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $2,195.00 – $2,195.00
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $2,178.90 not published
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $2,178.90 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $2,178.90 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $2,178.90 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $2,178.90 not published
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $2,178.90 not published
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $2,178.90 not published

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