Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right 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

$890.01

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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.

$2,697.00

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.

$19.32 with United Healthcare vs $5,088.00 with Cigna — 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 $19.32 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Chip KM $19.32 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $19.32 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Star KM $19.32 ↓ -98%
Superior Star Plus KM $23.54 ↓ -97%
Superior Chip KM $23.54 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $23.54 ↓ -97%
Superior Star KM $23.54 ↓ -97%
Superior Foster Care KM $23.54 ↓ -97%
Molina Chip KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Chip KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Molina Star KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Molina Star Plus KM $24.72 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice Star KM $24.95 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $36.11 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $36.11 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $40.01 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $42.87 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $44.43 ↓ -95%
Humana Choicecare $173.00 ↓ -81%
Triwest VA MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Humana Gold Choice MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Aetna MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Coventry First Health MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Allwell Superior Health MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Wellcare MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Texas Healthspring MM $295.67 ↓ -67%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $304.54 ↓ -66%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $304.54 ↓ -66%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $310.45 ↓ -65%
US Imaging Network PPO $316.37 ↓ -64%
Devoted Health Plan MM $319.32 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup MM $319.32 ↓ -64%
Imperial Health Plan MM $325.24 ↓ -63%
ProCare Advantage MM $325.24 ↓ -63%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $325.24 ↓ -63%
Christus Health HIX $413.94 ↓ -53%
Healthcare Highways PPO $564.50 ↓ -37%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $564.50 ↓ -37%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $591.34 ↓ -34%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $591.34 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↓ -33%
Verity HealthNet PPO $677.40 ↓ -24%
First Health PPO $733.85 ↓ -18%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $733.85 ↓ -18%
Multiplan PPO $733.85 ↓ -18%
Phcs PPO $733.85 ↓ -18%
Health Management Network PPO $903.20 ↑ +1%
HealthSmart PPO $903.20 ↑ +1%
Provider Select PPO $903.20 ↑ +1%
Beech Street PPO $903.20 ↑ +1%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $959.65 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +96%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +117%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +117%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +117%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +117%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +330%
Cigna New Business $3,941.00 ↑ +343%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +352%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +461%
Cigna PPO $5,088.00 ↑ +472%

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