Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$27.06

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.

$82.00

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.

$8.97 with Texas Healthspring vs $91.44 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 $8.97 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare HIX $16.14 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare All Payer $16.14 ↓ -40%
Superior Chip KM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Triwest VA MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Wellcare MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Humana Gold Choice MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Allwell Superior Health MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Aetna MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Coventry First Health MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Superior Foster Care KM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Superior Star KM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $17.93 ↓ -34%
Superior Star Plus KM $17.93 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $18.08 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Chip KM $18.08 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Star KM $18.08 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $18.08 ↓ -33%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $18.47 ↓ -32%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $18.47 ↓ -32%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Star KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Chip KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Molina Star KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Molina Star Plus KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Molina Chip KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $18.83 ↓ -30%
Community Health Choice Star KM $19.01 ↓ -30%
US Imaging Network PPO $19.19 ↓ -29%
Devoted Health Plan MM $19.36 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup MM $19.36 ↓ -28%
Imperial Health Plan MM $19.72 ↓ -27%
ProCare Advantage MM $19.72 ↓ -27%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.72 ↓ -27%
Humana Choicecare $24.63 ↓ -9%
Christus Health HIX $25.10 ↓ -7%
Cigna New Business $31.98 ↑ +18%
Partners Direct Health PPO $32.27 ↑ +19%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $35.86 ↑ +33%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $35.86 ↑ +33%
Healthcare Highways PPO $36.90 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $41.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $49.20 ↑ +82%
Verity HealthNet PPO $49.20 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $53.30 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $53.30 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $53.30 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $53.30 ↑ +97%
Aetna POS $56.58 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $56.58 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $56.58 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $57.40 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $57.40 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $65.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $65.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $65.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $65.60 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $69.03 ↑ +155%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $69.70 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $77.28 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $77.28 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $85.88 ↑ +217%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $91.44 ↑ +238%

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