Artery x-rays spine 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

$2,542.65

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.

$7,705.00

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.

$239.58 with United Healthcare vs $21,923.83 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 Star Plus KM $239.58 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $239.58 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Star KM $239.58 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Chip KM $239.58 ↓ -91%
Cigna New Business $452.09 ↓ -82%
Humana Choicecare $545.51 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $578.54 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HIX $2,311.50 ↓ -9%
Texas Healthspring MM $2,707.23 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare All Payer $3,236.10 ↑ +27%
Healthcare Highways PPO $3,467.25 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $3,852.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $4,623.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna New Business $4,777.10 ↑ +88%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $5,008.25 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $5,008.25 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $5,008.25 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $5,008.25 ↑ +97%
Aetna EPO $5,316.45 ↑ +109%
Aetna PPO $5,316.45 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $5,316.45 ↑ +109%
Aetna HMO $5,316.45 ↑ +109%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $5,393.50 ↑ +112%
Partners Direct Health PPO $5,393.50 ↑ +112%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $5,393.50 ↑ +112%
Triwest VA MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Aetna MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Coventry First Health MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Allwell Superior Health MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Wellcare MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $5,414.46 ↑ +113%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5,576.89 ↑ +119%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $5,576.89 ↑ +119%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $5,685.18 ↑ +124%
US Imaging Network PPO $5,793.47 ↑ +128%
Amerigroup MM $5,847.62 ↑ +130%
Devoted Health Plan MM $5,847.62 ↑ +130%
ProCare Advantage MM $5,955.91 ↑ +134%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $5,955.91 ↑ +134%
Imperial Health Plan MM $5,955.91 ↑ +134%
Provider Select PPO $6,164.00 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $6,164.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $6,164.00 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $6,164.00 ↑ +142%
Superior Star KM $6,476.10 ↑ +155%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $6,476.10 ↑ +155%
Superior Chip KM $6,476.10 ↑ +155%
Superior Star Plus KM $6,476.10 ↑ +155%
Superior Foster Care KM $6,476.10 ↑ +155%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $6,549.25 ↑ +158%
Molina Star Plus KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Amerigroup Star KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Amerigroup Chip KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Molina Star KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Molina Chip KM $6,799.91 ↑ +167%
Community Health Choice Star KM $6,864.67 ↑ +170%
Christus Health HIX $7,580.24 ↑ +198%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $10,828.92 ↑ +326%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $10,828.92 ↑ +326%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $13,237.03 ↑ +421%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $18,568.61 ↑ +630%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $18,568.61 ↑ +630%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $20,636.89 ↑ +712%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $21,923.83 ↑ +762%

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