Esophagoscopy retro balloon at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$3,702.27
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.
$11,219.00
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.
$416.72 with United Healthcare vs $10,658.05 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 | $416.72 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $416.72 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $416.72 | ↓ -89% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| El Paso First | KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| First Care | KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | Star KM | $564.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Community First | Star KM | $593.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $593.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $593.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $593.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $1,346.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $1,346.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $1,346.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $1,346.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $1,346.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $1,417.23 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellcare | MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $1,781.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $1,822.16 | ↓ -51% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $1,834.68 | ↓ -50% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $1,834.68 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $1,868.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $1,870.30 | ↓ -49% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $1,905.93 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $1,907.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $1,923.74 | ↓ -48% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $1,923.74 | ↓ -48% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $1,959.36 | ↓ -47% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $1,959.36 | ↓ -47% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $1,959.36 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $2,071.34 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $2,133.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $2,137.49 | ↓ -42% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $2,315.61 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | New Business | $2,335.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $2,493.74 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | HMO | $2,594.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | POS | $2,594.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | EPO | $2,594.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2,594.00 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $3,326.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $3,562.48 | ↓ -4% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $4,020.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $4,115.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $5,385.12 | ↑ +45% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $6,170.45 | ↑ +67% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $7,292.35 | ↑ +97% |
| Phcs | PPO | $7,292.35 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | PPO | $7,292.35 | ↑ +97% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $7,292.35 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | New Business | $7,357.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $8,414.25 | ↑ +127% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $8,975.20 | ↑ +142% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $8,975.20 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $8,975.20 | ↑ +142% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $8,975.20 | ↑ +142% |
| Cigna | PPO | $9,339.00 | ↑ +152% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $10,658.05 | ↑ +188% |
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Esophagoscopy retro balloon at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont | Beaumont | $814.77 | $564.97 – $3,800.12 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $578.00 | $1,927.65 – $3,855.30 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $578.00 | $1,927.65 – $3,758.92 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $578.00 | $1,927.65 – $3,758.92 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $578.00 | $3,894.00 – $7,542.00 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $578.00 | $903.29 – $3,758.92 |
| Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $578.00 | $1,927.65 – $3,758.92 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $578.00 | $1,927.65 – $7,710.61 |