Application of paste boot 29580 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

$538.89

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.

$1,633.00

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.

$25.09 with United Healthcare vs $4,989.00 with Partners Direct Health — 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
United Healthcare Star KM $25.09 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $25.09 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $25.09 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Chip KM $25.09 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $35.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $35.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Star KM $35.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Star Plus KM $35.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Foster Care KM $35.16 ↓ -93%
Molina Star KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Chip KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Molina Chip KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Molina Star Plus KM $36.92 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice Star KM $37.27 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $58.69 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $58.69 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $65.02 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $69.66 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $72.20 ↓ -87%
Cigna New Business $122.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Wellcare MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Humana Gold Choice MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Coventry First Health MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Allwell Superior Health MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Triwest VA MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Texas Healthspring MM $158.05 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $159.00 ↓ -70%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $162.79 ↓ -70%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $162.79 ↓ -70%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $165.95 ↓ -69%
US Imaging Network PPO $169.11 ↓ -69%
Devoted Health Plan MM $170.69 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup MM $170.69 ↓ -68%
Humana Choicecare $173.00 ↓ -68%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $173.86 ↓ -68%
Imperial Health Plan MM $173.86 ↓ -68%
ProCare Advantage MM $173.86 ↓ -68%
Christus Health HIX $221.27 ↓ -59%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $316.10 ↓ -41%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $316.10 ↓ -41%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $375.50 ↓ -30%
Healthcare Highways PPO $375.50 ↓ -30%
Verity HealthNet PPO $450.60 ↓ -16%
Aetna New Business $465.62 ↓ -14%
Phcs PPO $488.15 ↓ -9%
First Health PPO $488.15 ↓ -9%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $488.15 ↓ -9%
Multiplan PPO $488.15 ↓ -9%
Aetna HMO $518.19 ↓ -4%
Aetna POS $518.19 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $518.19 ↓ -4%
Aetna EPO $518.19 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $600.80 ↑ +11%
Provider Select PPO $600.80 ↑ +11%
HealthSmart PPO $600.80 ↑ +11%
Health Management Network PPO $600.80 ↑ +11%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $638.35 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +148%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +611%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +646%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +826%

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