Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) 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

$498.96

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,512.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$89.16 with Texas Healthspring vs $1,996.00 with Partners Direct Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Texas Healthspring MM $89.16 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Humana Gold Choice MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Triwest VA MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Aetna MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Coventry First Health MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Allwell Superior Health MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Wellcare MM $178.31 ↓ -64%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $183.66 ↓ -63%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $183.66 ↓ -63%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $187.23 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health Plan MM $192.57 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup MM $192.57 ↓ -61%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $196.14 ↓ -61%
Imperial Health Plan MM $196.14 ↓ -61%
ProCare Advantage MM $196.14 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $218.19 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Chip KM $218.19 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Star KM $218.19 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $218.19 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $227.23 ↓ -54%
Superior Star KM $227.23 ↓ -54%
Superior Foster Care KM $227.23 ↓ -54%
Superior Star Plus KM $227.23 ↓ -54%
Superior Chip KM $227.23 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Star KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Molina Star KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Molina Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Molina Chip KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $238.59 ↓ -52%
Community Health Choice Star KM $240.86 ↓ -52%
Christus Health HIX $249.63 ↓ -50%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $356.62 ↓ -29%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $356.62 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare HIX $425.00 ↓ -15%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $697.50 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $832.75 ↑ +67%
Verity HealthNet PPO $837.00 ↑ +68%
Aetna New Business $847.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna New Business $858.00 ↑ +72%
First Health PPO $906.75 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $906.75 ↑ +82%
Phcs PPO $906.75 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $906.75 ↑ +82%
US Imaging Network PPO $915.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $932.97 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $932.97 ↑ +87%
Aetna POS $940.00 ↑ +88%
Aetna PPO $940.00 ↑ +88%
Aetna HMO $940.00 ↑ +88%
Aetna EPO $940.00 ↑ +88%
Healthcare Highways PPO $988.00 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $1,036.83 ↑ +108%
Cigna PPO $1,098.00 ↑ +120%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $1,102.43 ↑ +121%
HealthSmart PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +124%
Health Management Network PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +124%
Beech Street PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +124%
Provider Select PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +124%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,185.75 ↑ +138%
Humana Choicecare $1,187.00 ↑ +138%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,221.00 ↑ +145%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,429.00 ↑ +186%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,500.00 ↑ +201%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,996.00 ↑ +300%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,701.85 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,061.80 $167.39 – $3,827.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,153.60 $236.02 – $3,230.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,670.05 $167.39 – $3,337.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,061.80 $167.39 – $3,827.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,153.60 $167.39 – $3,230.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,153.60 $175.06 – $3,230.40
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $2,612.85 $175.06 – $189.06

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →