Drainage external ear complex 69005 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

$1,856.91

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.

$5,627.00

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.

$96.92 with United Healthcare vs $8,152.00 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
United Healthcare Chip KM $96.92 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star KM $96.92 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $96.92 ↓ -95%
Superior Chip KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Community First Star Kids KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Plus KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
El Paso First KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna Chip KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna Star KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Molina Chip KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Molina Star Plus KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Star Kids KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Star KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Foster Care KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
First Care KM $113.23 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $118.89 ↓ -94%
Community First Star KM $118.89 ↓ -94%
Community First Chip KM $118.89 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $118.89 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $121.84 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $156.65 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $160.67 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $178.07 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $183.43 ↓ -90%
Humana Choicecare $417.00 ↓ -78%
Community First Med Adv MM $675.24 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $675.24 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $675.24 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $675.24 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $675.24 ↓ -64%
Triwest VA MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Coventry First Health MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Humana Gold Plus MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Superior Star Plus MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Texas Healthspring MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Allwell Superior Health MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Aetna MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Wellcare MM $1,521.37 ↓ -18%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $1,567.01 ↓ -16%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1,567.01 ↓ -16%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1,597.44 ↓ -14%
Aetna New Business $1,612.00 ↓ -13%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,627.87 ↓ -12%
Amerigroup MM $1,643.08 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,643.08 ↓ -12%
ProCare Advantage MM $1,673.51 ↓ -10%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,673.51 ↓ -10%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,673.51 ↓ -10%
Aetna EPO $1,791.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna POS $1,791.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $1,791.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna HMO $1,791.00 ↓ -4%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $1,825.64 ↓ -2%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $1,977.78 ↑ +7%
Christus Health HIX $2,129.92 ↑ +15%
Community First Health Plan HMO $2,700.96 ↑ +45%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3,042.74 ↑ +64%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $3,094.85 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,326.00 ↑ +79%
Multiplan PPO $3,657.55 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $3,657.55 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $3,657.55 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $3,657.55 ↑ +97%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +116%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,115.00 ↑ +122%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $4,220.25 ↑ +127%
Provider Select PPO $4,501.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $4,501.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $4,501.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $4,501.60 ↑ +142%
National Choicecare PPO $5,345.65 ↑ +188%
Cigna New Business $6,421.00 ↑ +246%
Cigna PPO $8,152.00 ↑ +339%

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Drainage external ear complex 69005 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $96.92 – $574.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $8,856.88 $167.36 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,541.97 $113.23 – $4,427.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,631.06 $71.00 – $5,446.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,996.52 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,541.97 $113.23 – $4,427.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,631.06 $85.00 – $5,446.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,631.06 $113.23 – $5,446.59

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