Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

$70.26

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.

$212.92

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.

$3.57 with United Healthcare vs $30.41 with Triwest — 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 Chip KM $3.57 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $3.57 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star KM $3.57 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $3.57 ↓ -95%
Superior Star Plus KM $3.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Foster Care KM $3.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Chip KM $3.93 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $3.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Star KM $3.93 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Chip KM $4.29 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $4.29 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $4.29 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $4.29 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice Star KM $4.29 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star KM $4.29 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $4.29 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $4.29 ↓ -94%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.36 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $5.97 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $7.42 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $7.42 ↓ -89%
Christus Health HIX $7.51 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $8.25 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.44 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare HIX $8.44 ↓ -88%
Aetna MM $8.58 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $8.75 ↓ -88%
Molina Chip KM $10.73 ↓ -85%
Molina Star KM $10.73 ↓ -85%
Molina Star Plus KM $10.73 ↓ -85%
Humana Choicecare $11.68 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business $13.95 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MM $14.31 ↓ -80%
Imperial Health Plan MM $14.31 ↓ -80%
Aetna New Business $14.59 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways PPO $16.10 ↓ -77%
Aetna EPO $16.22 ↓ -77%
Aetna PPO $16.22 ↓ -77%
Aetna HMO $16.22 ↓ -77%
Aetna POS $16.22 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17.89 ↓ -75%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $17.89 ↓ -75%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $17.89 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $21.46 ↓ -69%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $21.46 ↓ -69%
Verity HealthNet PPO $21.46 ↓ -69%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $23.25 ↓ -67%
First Health PPO $23.25 ↓ -67%
Multiplan PPO $25.04 ↓ -64%
Phcs PPO $25.04 ↓ -64%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $25.04 ↓ -64%
Partners Direct Health PPO $25.04 ↓ -64%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $25.04 ↓ -64%
Provider Select PPO $28.62 ↓ -59%
Beech Street PPO $28.62 ↓ -59%
Health Management Network PPO $28.62 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart PPO $28.62 ↓ -59%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $30.41 ↓ -57%
Triwest VA MM $30.41 ↓ -57%

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