Ammonia 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

$158.40

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.

$480.00

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.

$7.29 with Texas Healthspring vs $187.00 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 $7.29 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HIX $13.11 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Payer $13.11 ↓ -92%
Superior Chip KM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Triwest VA MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Humana Gold Choice MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Allwell Superior Health MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Aetna MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Coventry First Health MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Superior Foster Care KM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Superior Star KM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $14.57 ↓ -91%
Superior Star Plus KM $14.57 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $14.69 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Chip KM $14.69 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star KM $14.69 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $14.69 ↓ -91%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $15.01 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $15.01 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Chip KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Molina Star KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Molina Star Plus KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Molina Chip KM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $15.30 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice Star KM $15.44 ↓ -90%
US Imaging Network PPO $15.59 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MM $15.74 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MM $15.74 ↓ -90%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $16.03 ↓ -90%
Imperial Health Plan MM $16.03 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage MM $16.03 ↓ -90%
Christus Health HIX $20.40 ↓ -87%
Partners Direct Health PPO $26.23 ↓ -83%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $29.14 ↓ -82%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $29.14 ↓ -82%
Humana Choicecare $45.98 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $56.09 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $62.80 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $62.80 ↓ -60%
Cigna New Business $68.08 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $69.79 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $74.31 ↓ -53%
Cigna PPO $87.12 ↓ -45%
Healthcare Highways PPO $99.00 ↓ -38%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $110.00 ↓ -31%
Verity HealthNet PPO $132.00 ↓ -17%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $143.00 ↓ -10%
Phcs PPO $143.00 ↓ -10%
Multiplan PPO $143.00 ↓ -10%
First Health PPO $143.00 ↓ -10%
Aetna PPO $151.80 ↓ -4%
Aetna EPO $151.80 ↓ -4%
Aetna POS $151.80 ↓ -4%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $154.00 ↓ -3%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $154.00 ↓ -3%
Beech Street PPO $176.00 ↑ +11%
Provider Select PPO $176.00 ↑ +11%
HealthSmart PPO $176.00 ↑ +11%
Health Management Network PPO $176.00 ↑ +11%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $187.00 ↑ +18%

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