Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 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

$1,875.72

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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.

$5,684.00

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.

$352.08 with Amerigroup vs $6,923.94 with Naphcare Inc. — 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 $352.08 ↓ -81%
Community First Med Adv MM $352.08 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Chip KM $352.08 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $352.08 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $352.08 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $363.36 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Chip KM $363.36 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Star KM $363.36 ↓ -81%
Superior Star Plus KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Superior Chip KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Aetna Chip KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Aetna Star KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Molina Chip KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Community First Star Kids KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Molina Star Plus KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Superior Star Kids KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Superior Star KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
First Care KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
El Paso First KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Superior Foster Care KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $1,062.24 ↓ -43%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $1,115.35 ↓ -41%
Community First Star KM $1,115.35 ↓ -41%
Community First Chip KM $1,115.35 ↓ -41%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $1,115.35 ↓ -41%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,408.32 ↓ -25%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,613.70 ↓ -14%
Humana Choicecare $1,672.00 ↓ -11%
Phcs PPO $1,907.10 ↑ +2%
Multiplan PPO $1,907.10 ↑ +2%
First Health PPO $1,907.10 ↑ +2%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,907.10 ↑ +2%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $2,200.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna New Business $2,335.00 ↑ +24%
Health Management Network PPO $2,347.20 ↑ +25%
Beech Street PPO $2,347.20 ↑ +25%
Provider Select PPO $2,347.20 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart PPO $2,347.20 ↑ +25%
Aetna HMO $2,594.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna POS $2,594.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna PPO $2,594.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna EPO $2,594.00 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $2,672.59 ↑ +42%
National Choicecare PPO $2,787.30 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,326.00 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $3,436.18 ↑ +83%
Allwell Superior Health MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Superior Star Plus MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Triwest VA MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Wellcare MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Texas Healthspring MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Coventry First Health MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Aetna MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Humana Gold Plus MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3,461.97 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $3,524.29 ↑ +88%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $3,565.83 ↑ +90%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $3,565.83 ↑ +90%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3,635.07 ↑ +94%
US Imaging Network PPO $3,704.31 ↑ +97%
Amerigroup MM $3,738.93 ↑ +99%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3,738.93 ↑ +99%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3,808.17 ↑ +103%
ProCare Advantage MM $3,808.17 ↑ +103%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3,808.17 ↑ +103%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $3,906.09 ↑ +108%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $4,023.57 ↑ +115%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,115.00 ↑ +119%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $4,154.36 ↑ +121%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $4,500.56 ↑ +140%
Cigna New Business $4,549.00 ↑ +143%
Christus Health HIX $4,846.76 ↑ +158%
Cigna PPO $5,774.00 ↑ +208%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $6,923.94 ↑ +269%

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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,147.22
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,168.46
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,168.46
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,168.46
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,168.46
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,147.22
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,147.22
Ascension Providence Waco $662.76 $758.25 – $5,550.76

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