Abdominal MRI (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

$2,033.79

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.

$6,163.00

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.

$178.86 with Texas Healthspring vs $5,238.55 with Verity Healthnet National — 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
Texas Healthspring MM $178.86 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Coventry First Health MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Aetna MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Triwest VA MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Wellcare MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Humana Gold Choice MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
Allwell Superior Health MM $357.71 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $362.54 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Chip KM $362.54 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star KM $362.54 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $362.54 ↓ -82%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $368.44 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $368.44 ↓ -82%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $375.60 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Plan MM $386.33 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MM $386.33 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MM $393.48 ↓ -81%
Imperial Health Plan MM $393.48 ↓ -81%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $393.48 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $464.22 ↓ -77%
Superior Star Plus KM $464.22 ↓ -77%
Superior Foster Care KM $464.22 ↓ -77%
Superior Chip KM $464.22 ↓ -77%
Superior Star KM $464.22 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Star KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Molina Chip KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Molina Star Plus KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Molina Star KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Chip KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $487.43 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Star KM $492.07 ↓ -76%
Christus Health HIX $500.79 ↓ -75%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $715.42 ↓ -65%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $715.42 ↓ -65%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,185.00 ↓ -42%
Cigna New Business $1,226.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna New Business $1,228.00 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare HIX $1,304.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna PPO $1,364.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EPO $1,364.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna POS $1,364.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna HMO $1,364.00 ↓ -33%
Humana Choicecare $1,370.00 ↓ -33%
US Imaging Network PPO $1,390.00 ↓ -32%
Cigna PPO $1,568.00 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $1,745.05 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $1,955.07 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $1,955.07 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,050.00 ↑ +1%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $2,144.00 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $2,172.73 ↑ +7%
Partners Direct Health PPO $2,217.00 ↑ +9%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $2,251.00 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $2,310.19 ↑ +14%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $2,372.00 ↑ +17%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $3,081.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $3,697.80 ↑ +82%
Multiplan PPO $4,005.95 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $4,005.95 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $4,005.95 ↑ +97%
Beech Street PPO $4,930.40 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $4,930.40 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $4,930.40 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $4,930.40 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $5,238.55 ↑ +158%

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