Colonoscopy (diagnostic) 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

$1,615.35

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,895.00

Gross charge

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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.

$270.00 with Amerigroup 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
Amerigroup Chip KM $270.00 ↓ -83%
Community First Med Adv MM $270.00 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $270.00 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star KM $270.00 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $270.00 ↓ -83%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Community First Star Kids KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Plus KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Molina Chip KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Molina Star Plus KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
First Care KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
El Paso First KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Superior Chip KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Aetna Chip KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Superior Star Kids KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Superior Star KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Aetna Star KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Superior Foster Care KM $328.50 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $344.93 ↓ -79%
Community First Chip KM $344.93 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $344.93 ↓ -79%
Community First Star KM $344.93 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Star KM $363.36 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $363.36 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Chip KM $363.36 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $695.13 ↓ -57%
Aetna MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Texas Healthspring MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Wellcare MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Triwest VA MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Humana Gold Plus MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Allwell Superior Health MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Superior Star Plus MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Coventry First Health MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Humana Gold Choice MM $856.08 ↓ -47%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $881.76 ↓ -45%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $881.76 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $893.74 ↓ -45%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $898.88 ↓ -44%
US Imaging Network PPO $916.01 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $916.66 ↓ -43%
Devoted Health Plan MM $924.57 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup MM $924.57 ↓ -43%
ProCare Advantage MM $941.69 ↓ -42%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $941.69 ↓ -42%
Imperial Health Plan MM $941.69 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,015.96 ↓ -37%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $1,027.30 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,046.52 ↓ -35%
Community First Health Plan HMO $1,080.00 ↓ -33%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $1,112.90 ↓ -31%
Christus Health HIX $1,198.51 ↓ -26%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $1,237.50 ↓ -23%
First Health PPO $1,462.50 ↓ -9%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,462.50 ↓ -9%
Phcs PPO $1,462.50 ↓ -9%
Multiplan PPO $1,462.50 ↓ -9%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $1,687.50 ↑ +4%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,712.16 ↑ +6%
Humana Choicecare $1,737.00 ↑ +8%
Provider Select PPO $1,800.00 ↑ +11%
HealthSmart PPO $1,800.00 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $1,800.00 ↑ +11%
Health Management Network PPO $1,800.00 ↑ +11%
National Choicecare PPO $2,137.50 ↑ +32%
Aetna New Business $2,335.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna HMO $2,594.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna POS $2,594.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna PPO $2,594.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna EPO $2,594.00 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,326.00 ↑ +106%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +149%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,115.00 ↑ +155%
Cigna New Business $4,549.00 ↑ +182%
Cigna PPO $5,774.00 ↑ +257%

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Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,047.06 $932.10 – $7,034.24
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,375.92 $2,358.72 – $2,948.40
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $1,899.00 $328.50 – $354.78
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $1,899.00 $328.50 – $361.35
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $1,899.00 $328.50 – $361.35
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $1,899.00 $328.50 – $361.35
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $1,899.00 $328.50 – $361.35
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $1,899.00 $328.50 – $354.78

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