Dilate esophagus 1/mult pass 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

$5,836.38

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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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.

$17,686.00

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.

$271.37 with United Healthcare vs $7,068.95 with National Choicecare — 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
United Healthcare Star KM $271.37 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Chip KM $271.37 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $271.37 ↓ -95%
First Care KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
El Paso First KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Molina Star Plus KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Star KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna Star KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Molina Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Community First Star Kids KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Kids KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Plus KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Foster Care KM $334.95 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $351.70 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -94%
Community First Star KM $351.70 ↓ -94%
Community First Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $715.19 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Aetna MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Texas Healthspring MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Coventry First Health MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Triwest VA MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Choice MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Humana Gold Plus MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Allwell Superior Health MM $880.35 ↓ -85%
Community First Med Adv MM $892.92 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Chip KM $892.92 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $892.92 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Star KM $892.92 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $892.92 ↓ -85%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $906.76 ↓ -84%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $906.76 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $919.53 ↓ -84%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $924.37 ↓ -84%
US Imaging Network PPO $941.97 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $943.10 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MM $950.78 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Plan MM $950.78 ↓ -84%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $968.39 ↓ -83%
Imperial Health Plan MM $968.39 ↓ -83%
ProCare Advantage MM $968.39 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,045.27 ↓ -82%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $1,056.42 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,076.71 ↓ -82%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $1,144.46 ↓ -80%
Christus Health HIX $1,232.49 ↓ -79%
Humana Choicecare $1,252.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna New Business $1,612.00 ↓ -72%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,760.70 ↓ -70%
Aetna HMO $1,791.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna PPO $1,791.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna POS $1,791.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna EPO $1,791.00 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,326.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna New Business $3,395.00 ↓ -42%
Community First Health Plan HMO $3,571.68 ↓ -39%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↓ -31%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $4,092.55 ↓ -30%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,115.00 ↓ -29%
Cigna PPO $4,308.00 ↓ -26%
Phcs PPO $4,836.65 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO $4,836.65 ↓ -17%
First Health PPO $4,836.65 ↓ -17%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $4,836.65 ↓ -17%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $5,580.75 ↓ -4%
HealthSmart PPO $5,952.80 ↑ +2%
Provider Select PPO $5,952.80 ↑ +2%
Beech Street PPO $5,952.80 ↑ +2%
Health Management Network PPO $5,952.80 ↑ +2%
National Choicecare PPO $7,068.95 ↑ +21%

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