Esophagus motility study 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

$928.62

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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.

$2,814.00

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.

$113.85 with Aetna vs $1,791.00 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Chip KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Kids KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Superior Star KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Aetna Star KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Community First Star Kids KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Superior Chip KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Community First Star KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Superior Star Plus KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Superior Foster Care KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
First Care KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Community First Chip KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
El Paso First KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $113.85 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $124.20 ↓ -87%
Community First Med Adv MM $124.20 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $124.20 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $124.20 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $124.20 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Star KM $124.20 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Chip KM $124.20 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Star KM $186.30 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $186.30 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Chip KM $186.30 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $303.90 ↓ -67%
Molina Star Plus KM $310.50 ↓ -67%
Molina Chip KM $310.50 ↓ -67%
Humana Choicecare $323.67 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $372.68 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $377.68 ↓ -59%
Cigna New Business $382.95 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $418.95 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $442.71 ↓ -52%
Healthcare Highways PPO $465.75 ↓ -50%
Texas Healthspring MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Coventry First Health MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Humana Gold Choice MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Aetna MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Superior Star Plus MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Humana Gold Plus MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Allwell Superior Health MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Triwest VA MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Wellcare MM $498.22 ↓ -46%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $513.17 ↓ -45%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $513.17 ↓ -45%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $523.13 ↓ -44%
Community First Health Plan HMO $527.85 ↓ -43%
US Imaging Network PPO $533.10 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup MM $538.08 ↓ -42%
Devoted Health Plan MM $538.08 ↓ -42%
ProCare Advantage MM $548.04 ↓ -41%
Imperial Health Plan MM $548.04 ↓ -41%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $548.04 ↓ -41%
Cigna PPO $569.25 ↓ -39%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $569.25 ↓ -39%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $597.86 ↓ -36%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $647.69 ↓ -30%
First Health PPO $672.75 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PPO $672.75 ↓ -28%
Phcs PPO $672.75 ↓ -28%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $672.75 ↓ -28%
Christus Health HIX $697.51 ↓ -25%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $724.50 ↓ -22%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $776.25 ↓ -16%
Health Management Network PPO $828.00 ↓ -11%
Provider Select PPO $828.00 ↓ -11%
HealthSmart PPO $828.00 ↓ -11%
Beech Street PPO $828.00 ↓ -11%
National Choicecare PPO $983.25 ↑ +6%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $996.44 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,082.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna New Business $1,612.00 ↑ +74%
Aetna PPO $1,791.00 ↑ +93%
Aetna POS $1,791.00 ↑ +93%
Aetna HMO $1,791.00 ↑ +93%
Aetna EPO $1,791.00 ↑ +93%

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