Esophagoscop stent placement at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$6,542.58
Cash price 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.
$19,826.00
Gross charge 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.
$867.21 with United Healthcare vs $18,834.70 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $867.21 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $867.21 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $867.21 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $1,737.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | New Business | $2,335.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $2,379.12 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $2,379.12 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $2,379.12 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $2,379.12 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $2,379.12 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | EPO | $2,594.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | POS | $2,594.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2,594.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | HMO | $2,594.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| First Care | KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| El Paso First | KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior | Star KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $2,667.54 | ↓ -59% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $2,800.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $2,800.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $2,800.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Community First | Star KM | $2,800.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $4,020.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $4,350.56 | ↓ -34% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $4,773.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Wellcare | MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $5,589.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $5,593.57 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $5,737.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $5,757.26 | ↓ -12% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $5,757.26 | ↓ -12% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $5,869.05 | ↓ -10% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $5,980.84 | ↓ -9% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $6,036.74 | ↓ -8% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $6,036.74 | ↓ -8% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $6,148.53 | ↓ -6% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $6,148.53 | ↓ -6% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $6,148.53 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $6,358.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $6,549.74 | ↑ +0% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $6,707.48 | ↑ +3% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $7,266.44 | ↑ +11% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $7,825.40 | ↑ +20% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $7,942.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $9,516.48 | ↑ +45% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $10,904.30 | ↑ +67% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $11,179.14 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | PPO | $12,886.90 | ↑ +97% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $12,886.90 | ↑ +97% |
| Phcs | PPO | $12,886.90 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $12,886.90 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | New Business | $13,002.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $14,869.50 | ↑ +127% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $15,860.80 | ↑ +142% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $15,860.80 | ↑ +142% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $15,860.80 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $15,860.80 | ↑ +142% |
| Cigna | PPO | $16,505.00 | ↑ +152% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $18,834.70 | ↑ +188% |
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Esophagoscop stent placement at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $2,397.00 – $2,800.92 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $651.53 | $474.32 – $3,723.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $651.53 | $2,047.65 – $3,723.00 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $3,571.80 | $2,667.54 – $2,880.94 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $651.53 | $1,349.96 – $4,132.53 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | $3,571.80 | $2,667.54 – $2,934.29 |
| Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital | Arlington | $3,571.80 | $2,667.54 – $2,934.29 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton | Denton | $3,571.80 | $2,667.54 – $2,934.29 |