Artery x-rays chest 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

$939.18

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.

$2,846.00

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.

$163.05 with United Healthcare vs $13,219.01 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
United Healthcare Chip KM $163.05 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $163.05 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $163.05 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Star KM $163.05 ↓ -83%
Humana Choicecare $373.08 ↓ -60%
Cigna New Business $386.42 ↓ -59%
Cigna PPO $494.51 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare HIX $853.80 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,195.32 ↑ +27%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,280.70 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $1,423.00 ↑ +52%
Texas Healthspring MM $1,576.30 ↑ +68%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,707.60 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $1,764.52 ↑ +88%
Phcs PPO $1,849.90 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $1,849.90 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $1,849.90 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $1,849.90 ↑ +97%
Aetna HMO $1,963.74 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $1,963.74 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $1,963.74 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $1,963.74 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $1,992.20 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $1,992.20 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $1,992.20 ↑ +112%
HealthSmart PPO $2,276.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $2,276.80 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $2,276.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $2,276.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $2,419.10 ↑ +158%
Triwest VA MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Humana Gold Choice MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
United Healthcare MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Aetna MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Coventry First Health MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Allwell Superior Health MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Wellcare MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $3,152.60 ↑ +236%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $3,247.18 ↑ +246%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $3,247.18 ↑ +246%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $3,310.23 ↑ +252%
US Imaging Network PPO $3,373.28 ↑ +259%
Devoted Health Plan MM $3,404.81 ↑ +263%
Amerigroup MM $3,404.81 ↑ +263%
ProCare Advantage MM $3,467.86 ↑ +269%
Imperial Health Plan MM $3,467.86 ↑ +269%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $3,467.86 ↑ +269%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $3,753.50 ↑ +300%
Superior Chip KM $3,753.50 ↑ +300%
Superior Star Plus KM $3,753.50 ↑ +300%
Superior Foster Care KM $3,753.50 ↑ +300%
Superior Star KM $3,753.50 ↑ +300%
Molina Chip KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Molina Star KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Amerigroup Chip KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Amerigroup Star KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Molina Star Plus KM $3,941.18 ↑ +320%
Community Health Choice Star KM $3,978.71 ↑ +324%
Christus Health HIX $4,413.64 ↑ +370%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $6,305.20 ↑ +571%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $6,305.20 ↑ +571%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $7,981.29 ↑ +750%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $11,195.97 ↑ +1092%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $11,195.97 ↑ +1092%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $12,443.05 ↑ +1225%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $13,219.01 ↑ +1308%

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