Amino acid screen, urine 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

$22.77

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.

$69.00

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.

$6.94 with Texas Healthspring vs $82.44 with Cigna — 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 $6.94 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HIX $12.48 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare All Payer $12.48 ↓ -45%
Superior Chip KM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Triwest VA MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Wellcare MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Humana Gold Choice MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Allwell Superior Health MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Aetna MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Coventry First Health MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Superior Foster Care KM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Superior Star KM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $13.87 ↓ -39%
Superior Star Plus KM $13.87 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $13.98 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Chip KM $13.98 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Star KM $13.98 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $13.98 ↓ -39%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $14.29 ↓ -37%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $14.29 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Star KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Chip KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Molina Star KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Molina Star Plus KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Molina Chip KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $14.56 ↓ -36%
Community Health Choice Star KM $14.70 ↓ -35%
US Imaging Network PPO $14.84 ↓ -35%
Devoted Health Plan MM $14.98 ↓ -34%
Amerigroup MM $14.98 ↓ -34%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $15.26 ↓ -33%
Imperial Health Plan MM $15.26 ↓ -33%
ProCare Advantage MM $15.26 ↓ -33%
Christus Health HIX $19.42 ↓ -15%
Partners Direct Health PPO $24.97 ↑ +10%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $27.74 ↑ +22%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $27.74 ↑ +22%
Healthcare Highways PPO $30.60 ↑ +34%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $34.00 ↑ +49%
Verity HealthNet PPO $40.80 ↑ +79%
Humana Choicecare $41.95 ↑ +84%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $44.20 ↑ +94%
Phcs PPO $44.20 ↑ +94%
Multiplan PPO $44.20 ↑ +94%
First Health PPO $44.20 ↑ +94%
Aetna POS $46.92 ↑ +106%
Aetna EPO $46.92 ↑ +106%
Aetna PPO $46.92 ↑ +106%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $47.60 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $47.60 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $53.40 ↑ +135%
Beech Street PPO $54.40 ↑ +139%
Provider Select PPO $54.40 ↑ +139%
HealthSmart PPO $54.40 ↑ +139%
Health Management Network PPO $54.40 ↑ +139%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $57.80 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $59.78 ↑ +163%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $59.78 ↑ +163%
Cigna New Business $64.42 ↑ +183%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $66.44 ↑ +192%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $70.74 ↑ +211%
Cigna PPO $82.44 ↑ +262%

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