Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont

6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$546.81

Cash price

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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.

$1,657.00

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.

$297.19 with United Healthcare vs $5,088.00 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.

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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
United Healthcare Star KM $297.19 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $297.19 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Chip KM $297.19 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $297.19 ↓ -46%
Superior Star Plus KM $334.95 ↓ -39%
Superior Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -39%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $334.95 ↓ -39%
Superior Star KM $334.95 ↓ -39%
Superior Foster Care KM $334.95 ↓ -39%
Amerigroup Star KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Molina Star Plus KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Molina Star KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Molina Chip KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $351.70 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Star KM $355.05 ↓ -35%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $828.50 ↑ +52%
Triwest VA MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Humana Gold Choice MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Aetna MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Coventry First Health MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Allwell Superior Health MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Wellcare MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Texas Healthspring MM $939.08 ↑ +72%
Humana Choicecare $958.00 ↑ +75%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $967.25 ↑ +77%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $967.25 ↑ +77%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $986.03 ↑ +80%
Verity HealthNet PPO $994.20 ↑ +82%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,004.82 ↑ +84%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1,014.21 ↑ +85%
Amerigroup MM $1,014.21 ↑ +85%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1,032.99 ↑ +89%
ProCare Advantage MM $1,032.99 ↑ +89%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1,032.99 ↑ +89%
Multiplan PPO $1,077.05 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $1,077.05 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,077.05 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $1,077.05 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,092.43 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,092.43 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,210.32 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,296.77 ↑ +137%
Christus Health HIX $1,314.71 ↑ +140%
Beech Street PPO $1,325.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,325.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,325.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,325.60 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,343.92 ↑ +146%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,408.45 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare HIX $1,863.00 ↑ +241%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $1,878.16 ↑ +243%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $1,878.16 ↑ +243%
Aetna New Business $1,935.00 ↑ +254%
Aetna HMO $2,151.00 ↑ +293%
Aetna PPO $2,151.00 ↑ +293%
Aetna EPO $2,151.00 ↑ +293%
Aetna POS $2,151.00 ↑ +293%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +600%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +621%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +635%
Healthcare Highways PPO $4,115.00 ↑ +653%
United Healthcare All Payer $4,164.00 ↑ +662%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +812%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +830%

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