Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$120.12

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.

$364.00

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.

$8.23 with Texas Healthspring vs $304.30 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 $8.23 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare HIX $14.81 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Payer $14.81 ↓ -88%
Superior Chip KM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Triwest VA MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Humana Gold Choice MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Allwell Superior Health MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Aetna MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Coventry First Health MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Superior Foster Care KM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Superior Star KM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $16.45 ↓ -86%
Superior Star Plus KM $16.45 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $16.59 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Chip KM $16.59 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star KM $16.59 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $16.59 ↓ -86%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $16.94 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $16.94 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Chip KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Molina Star KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Molina Star Plus KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Molina Chip KM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $17.27 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Star KM $17.44 ↓ -85%
US Imaging Network PPO $17.60 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health Plan MM $17.77 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MM $17.77 ↓ -85%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $18.10 ↓ -85%
Imperial Health Plan MM $18.10 ↓ -85%
ProCare Advantage MM $18.10 ↓ -85%
Christus Health HIX $23.03 ↓ -81%
Partners Direct Health PPO $29.61 ↓ -75%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $32.90 ↓ -73%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $32.90 ↓ -73%
Humana Choicecare $51.91 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $63.33 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $70.90 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $70.90 ↓ -41%
Cigna New Business $76.57 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $78.80 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $83.90 ↓ -30%
Cigna PPO $97.99 ↓ -18%
Healthcare Highways PPO $161.10 ↑ +34%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $179.00 ↑ +49%
Verity HealthNet PPO $214.80 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $232.70 ↑ +94%
Phcs PPO $232.70 ↑ +94%
Multiplan PPO $232.70 ↑ +94%
First Health PPO $232.70 ↑ +94%
Aetna PPO $247.02 ↑ +106%
Aetna EPO $247.02 ↑ +106%
Aetna POS $247.02 ↑ +106%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $250.60 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $250.60 ↑ +109%
Beech Street PPO $286.40 ↑ +138%
Provider Select PPO $286.40 ↑ +138%
HealthSmart PPO $286.40 ↑ +138%
Health Management Network PPO $286.40 ↑ +138%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $304.30 ↑ +153%

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