Intro long gi tube 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

$414.81

Cash price

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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.

$1,257.00

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.

$150.84 with Amerigroup vs $4,326.00 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
Amerigroup Star KM $150.84 ↓ -64%
Community First Med Adv MM $150.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Chip KM $150.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $150.84 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $150.84 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Star KM $271.37 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $271.37 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Chip KM $271.37 ↓ -35%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Molina Star Plus KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Superior Star KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Superior Foster Care KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Superior Star Plus KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
First Care KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
El Paso First KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Community First Star Kids KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Superior Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Aetna Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Aetna Star KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Superior Star Kids KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Molina Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -19%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $351.70 ↓ -15%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -15%
Community First Star KM $351.70 ↓ -15%
Community First Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -15%
Humana Choicecare $510.00 ↑ +23%
Community First Health Plan HMO $603.36 ↑ +45%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $691.35 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $715.19 ↑ +72%
First Health PPO $817.05 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $817.05 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $817.05 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $817.05 ↑ +97%
Coventry First Health MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Texas Healthspring MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Humana Gold Choice MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Aetna MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Triwest VA MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Superior Star Plus MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Wellcare MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Allwell Superior Health MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Humana Gold Plus MM $880.35 ↑ +112%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $906.76 ↑ +119%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $906.76 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $919.53 ↑ +122%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $924.37 ↑ +123%
US Imaging Network PPO $941.97 ↑ +127%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $942.75 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $943.10 ↑ +127%
Amerigroup MM $950.78 ↑ +129%
Devoted Health Plan MM $950.78 ↑ +129%
ProCare Advantage MM $968.39 ↑ +133%
Imperial Health Plan MM $968.39 ↑ +133%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $968.39 ↑ +133%
Beech Street PPO $1,005.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,005.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,005.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,005.60 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $1,045.27 ↑ +152%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $1,056.42 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $1,076.71 ↑ +160%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $1,144.46 ↑ +176%
National Choicecare PPO $1,194.15 ↑ +188%
Christus Health HIX $1,232.49 ↑ +197%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,760.70 ↑ +324%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,326.00 ↑ +702%
Cigna New Business $3,395.00 ↑ +718%
Aetna New Business $3,894.00 ↑ +839%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +869%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,115.00 ↑ +892%
Cigna PPO $4,308.00 ↑ +939%
Aetna HMO $4,326.00 ↑ +943%
Aetna POS $4,326.00 ↑ +943%
Aetna EPO $4,326.00 ↑ +943%
Aetna PPO $4,326.00 ↑ +943%

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