Esophagus endoscopy/ligation at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$1,644.72
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.
$4,984.00
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.
$277.80 with Amerigroup vs $4,308.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $277.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $277.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $277.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $277.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $277.80 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $363.36 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $363.36 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $363.36 | ↓ -78% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| First Care | KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| El Paso First | KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Superior | Star KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $564.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Community First | Star KM | $593.22 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $593.22 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $593.22 | ↓ -64% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $593.22 | ↓ -64% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $1,111.20 | ↓ -32% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $1,273.25 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $1,417.23 | ↓ -14% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $1,504.75 | ↓ -9% |
| Phcs | PPO | $1,504.75 | ↓ -9% |
| First Health | PPO | $1,504.75 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $1,504.75 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | New Business | $1,612.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $1,736.25 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $1,737.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellcare | MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $1,781.24 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | EPO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | POS | $1,791.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $1,822.16 | ↑ +11% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $1,834.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $1,834.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $1,852.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,852.00 | ↑ +13% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $1,852.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $1,852.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $1,868.88 | ↑ +14% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $1,870.30 | ↑ +14% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $1,905.93 | ↑ +16% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $1,923.74 | ↑ +17% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $1,923.74 | ↑ +17% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $1,959.36 | ↑ +19% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $1,959.36 | ↑ +19% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $1,959.36 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $2,071.34 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $2,133.64 | ↑ +30% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $2,137.49 | ↑ +30% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $2,199.25 | ↑ +34% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $2,315.61 | ↑ +41% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $2,493.74 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $3,326.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna | New Business | $3,395.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $3,562.48 | ↑ +117% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $4,020.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $4,115.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | PPO | $4,308.00 | ↑ +162% |
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Esophagus endoscopy/ligation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $1,138.20 | $564.97 – $610.17 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | Plano | $1,138.20 | $564.97 – $610.17 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | $1,138.20 | $564.97 – $610.17 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman | Kaufman | $1,138.20 | $564.97 – $610.17 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $1,138.20 | $564.97 – $621.47 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $1,138.20 | $564.97 – $621.47 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $917.00 | $1,650.09 – $4,138.00 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $917.00 | $1,927.65 – $4,138.00 |