Acylcarnitines qual 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

$25.41

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.

$77.00

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.

$8.25 with Texas Healthspring vs $84.10 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas — 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 $8.25 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare HIX $14.84 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare All Payer $14.84 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $14.96 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $14.96 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Chip KM $14.96 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Star KM $14.96 ↓ -41%
Wellcare MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Aetna MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Coventry First Health MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Superior Chip KM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Superior Star KM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Triwest VA MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.49 ↓ -35%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $16.98 ↓ -33%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16.98 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Chip KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Amerigroup Star KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Molina Star KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Molina Star Plus KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Molina Chip KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $17.31 ↓ -32%
Community Health Choice Star KM $17.48 ↓ -31%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.64 ↓ -31%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17.81 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup MM $17.81 ↓ -30%
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.14 ↓ -29%
ProCare Advantage MM $18.14 ↓ -29%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.14 ↓ -29%
Christus Health HIX $23.09 ↓ -9%
Partners Direct Health PPO $29.68 ↑ +17%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32.98 ↑ +30%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $32.98 ↑ +30%
Healthcare Highways PPO $34.20 ↑ +35%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $38.00 ↑ +50%
Humana Choicecare $41.95 ↑ +65%
Verity HealthNet PPO $45.60 ↑ +79%
Multiplan PPO $49.40 ↑ +94%
Phcs PPO $49.40 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $49.40 ↑ +94%
First Health PPO $49.40 ↑ +94%
Aetna PPO $52.44 ↑ +106%
Aetna EPO $52.44 ↑ +106%
Aetna POS $52.44 ↑ +106%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $53.20 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $53.20 ↑ +109%
Health Management Network PPO $60.80 ↑ +139%
Provider Select PPO $60.80 ↑ +139%
Beech Street PPO $60.80 ↑ +139%
HealthSmart PPO $60.80 ↑ +139%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $63.49 ↑ +150%
Cigna New Business $64.42 ↑ +154%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $64.60 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $71.07 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $71.07 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $78.99 ↑ +211%
Cigna PPO $82.44 ↑ +224%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $84.10 ↑ +231%

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