Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$117.15

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.

$355.00

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.

$3.89 with Texas Healthspring vs $105.40 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 $3.89 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare HIX $7.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $7.06 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $7.06 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Chip KM $7.06 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star KM $7.06 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Humana Gold Choice MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Aetna MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Coventry First Health MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Allwell Superior Health MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Triwest VA MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $7.78 ↓ -93%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $8.01 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $8.01 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Molina Star KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Chip KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Molina Star Plus KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Molina Chip KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $8.17 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Star KM $8.25 ↓ -93%
US Imaging Network PPO $8.32 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MM $8.40 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MM $8.40 ↓ -93%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $8.56 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MM $8.56 ↓ -93%
Imperial Health Plan MM $8.56 ↓ -93%
Christus Health HIX $10.89 ↓ -91%
Partners Direct Health PPO $14.00 ↓ -88%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $15.56 ↓ -87%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $15.56 ↓ -87%
Humana Choicecare $16.33 ↓ -86%
Cigna New Business $24.30 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $29.95 ↓ -74%
Cigna PPO $31.10 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $33.53 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $33.53 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $37.27 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $39.68 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways PPO $55.80 ↓ -52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $62.00 ↓ -47%
Verity HealthNet PPO $74.40 ↓ -36%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $80.60 ↓ -31%
Phcs PPO $80.60 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PPO $80.60 ↓ -31%
First Health PPO $80.60 ↓ -31%
Aetna EPO $85.56 ↓ -27%
Aetna PPO $85.56 ↓ -27%
Aetna POS $85.56 ↓ -27%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $86.80 ↓ -26%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $86.80 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart PPO $99.20 ↓ -15%
Provider Select PPO $99.20 ↓ -15%
Health Management Network PPO $99.20 ↓ -15%
Beech Street PPO $99.20 ↓ -15%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $105.40 ↓ -10%

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