Incision of tongue fold at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon
11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218
$1,759.89
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.
$5,333.00
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.
$128.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas vs $4,488.75 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 |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Blue AdvantangeHMO | $128.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | PPO | $152.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HMO | $156.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | HEB | $158.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | Traditional | $186.00 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Star KM | $271.37 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Star Plus KM | $271.37 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Chip KM | $271.37 | ↓ -85% |
| First Care | KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| El Paso First | KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star Kids KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Chip KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Star KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Driscoll Children's Health Plan | Chip KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Community First | Star Kids KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Star Plus KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Star Kids KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Star KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Foster Care KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior | Star Plus KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Chip KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Star KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas | Star Chip KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Chip KM | $420.64 | ↓ -76% |
| Community First | Chip KM | $441.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Chip KM | $441.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Community First | Star KM | $441.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plan | Star Plus KM | $441.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Choicecare | $480.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Community First | Med Adv MM | $567.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Chip KM | $567.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Star Plus KM | $567.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Star KM | $567.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Star Kids KM | $567.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicare Adv MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Triwest | VA MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Gold Choice MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Gold Plus MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Texas Healthspring | MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Allwell | Superior Health MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Christus Health | Med Adv MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas | MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Coventry | First Health MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Wellcare | MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Superior | Star Plus MM | $1,390.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Texas Independence Health Plan | MM | $1,432.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MM | $1,432.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Shared Health Insurance Company | MM | $1,460.43 | ↓ -17% |
| US Imaging Network | PPO | $1,488.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Amerigroup | MM | $1,502.16 | ↓ -15% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MM | $1,502.16 | ↓ -15% |
| ProCare Advantage | MM | $1,529.98 | ↓ -13% |
| American Health Medicare | Advantage MM | $1,529.98 | ↓ -13% |
| Imperial Health Plan | MM | $1,529.98 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | New Business | $1,612.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Employer Direct | Healthcare PPO | $1,669.07 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | New Business | $1,748.25 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | EPO | $1,791.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | POS | $1,791.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Gilsbar Inc. | MM | $1,808.16 | ↑ +3% |
| Christus Health | HIX | $1,947.25 | ↑ +11% |
| Community First Health Plan | HMO | $2,268.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Christian Brothers Services | PPO | $2,598.75 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,598.75 | ↑ +48% |
| Naphcare Inc. | RRMB | $2,781.78 | ↑ +58% |
| Phcs | PPO | $3,071.25 | ↑ +75% |
| Multiplan | PPO | $3,071.25 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | PPO | $3,071.25 | ↑ +75% |
| Healthsmart | Accel PPO | $3,071.25 | ↑ +75% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $3,326.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Medicus Internatiaonal | PPO | $3,543.75 | ↑ +101% |
| HealthSmart | PPO | $3,780.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Provider Select | PPO | $3,780.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $3,780.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Health Management Network | PPO | $3,780.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Five Point Credit Union | PPO | $4,020.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Healthcare Highways | PPO | $4,115.00 | ↑ +134% |
| National Choicecare | PPO | $4,488.75 | ↑ +155% |
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Incision of tongue fold at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,163.78 | $420.64 – $3,777.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,865.58 | $71.00 – $3,777.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,616.55 | $71.00 – $3,777.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,163.78 | $420.64 – $3,777.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,865.58 | $85.00 – $3,777.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,865.58 | $420.64 – $3,777.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,616.55 | $71.00 – $3,777.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,163.78 | $420.64 – $3,777.93 |