Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 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

$431.31

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.

$1,307.00

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.

$26.75 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 $26.75 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $26.75 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Chip KM $26.75 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $26.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Foster Care KM $39.86 ↓ -91%
Superior Star KM $39.86 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $39.86 ↓ -91%
Superior Chip KM $39.86 ↓ -91%
Superior Star Plus KM $39.86 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Chip KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Molina Chip KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Molina Star Plus KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Molina Star KM $41.85 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice Star KM $42.25 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $59.70 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $59.70 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $66.14 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $70.87 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $73.44 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business $122.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $159.00 ↓ -63%
Humana Choicecare $173.00 ↓ -60%
Triwest VA MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Humana Gold Choice MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Aetna MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Coventry First Health MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Allwell Superior Health MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Wellcare MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Texas Healthspring MM $295.67 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $304.54 ↓ -29%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $304.54 ↓ -29%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $310.45 ↓ -28%
US Imaging Network PPO $316.37 ↓ -27%
Devoted Health Plan MM $319.32 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup MM $319.32 ↓ -26%
Imperial Health Plan MM $325.24 ↓ -25%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $325.24 ↓ -25%
ProCare Advantage MM $325.24 ↓ -25%
Christus Health HIX $413.94 ↓ -4%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $591.34 ↑ +37%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $591.34 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↑ +39%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $653.50 ↑ +52%
Healthcare Highways PPO $653.50 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $784.20 ↑ +82%
First Health PPO $849.55 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $849.55 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $849.55 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $849.55 ↑ +97%
Beech Street PPO $1,045.60 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $1,045.60 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $1,045.60 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $1,045.60 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,110.95 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +210%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +304%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +348%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +348%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +348%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +348%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +788%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +832%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +1057%

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