Aspiration peritonsillar abscess 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

$181.17

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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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$549.00

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.

$60.39 with Superior vs $7,722.00 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
Superior Chip KM $60.39 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $60.39 ↓ -67%
Superior Star KM $60.39 ↓ -67%
Superior Star Plus KM $60.39 ↓ -67%
Superior Foster Care KM $60.39 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Chip KM $65.88 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $65.88 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $65.88 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Star KM $65.88 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $65.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $65.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star KM $65.88 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $65.88 ↓ -64%
Molina Chip KM $164.70 ↓ -9%
Molina Star Plus KM $164.70 ↓ -9%
Molina Star KM $164.70 ↓ -9%
Triwest VA MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Humana Gold Choice MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Aetna MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Coventry First Health MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Allwell Superior Health MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Wellcare MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Texas Healthspring MM $232.60 ↑ +28%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $239.58 ↑ +32%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $239.58 ↑ +32%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $244.23 ↑ +35%
US Imaging Network PPO $248.88 ↑ +37%
Devoted Health Plan MM $251.21 ↑ +39%
Amerigroup MM $251.21 ↑ +39%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $255.86 ↑ +41%
ProCare Advantage MM $255.86 ↑ +41%
Imperial Health Plan MM $255.86 ↑ +41%
Healthcare Highways PPO $274.50 ↑ +52%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $274.50 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $283.06 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $283.06 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Star KM $297.19 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $297.19 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $297.19 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Chip KM $297.19 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $313.61 ↑ +73%
Christus Health HIX $325.64 ↑ +80%
Verity HealthNet PPO $329.40 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $336.01 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $348.22 ↑ +92%
Phcs PPO $356.85 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $356.85 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $356.85 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $356.85 ↑ +97%
Provider Select PPO $439.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $439.20 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $439.20 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $439.20 ↑ +142%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $465.20 ↑ +157%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $465.20 ↑ +157%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $466.65 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare HIX $599.00 ↑ +231%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,338.00 ↑ +639%
Aetna New Business $1,741.00 ↑ +861%
Aetna HMO $1,934.00 ↑ +968%
Aetna PPO $1,934.00 ↑ +968%
Aetna POS $1,934.00 ↑ +968%
Aetna EPO $1,934.00 ↑ +968%
Humana Choicecare $2,885.00 ↑ +1492%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $3,829.00 ↑ +2013%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +2119%
Partners Direct Health PPO $4,989.00 ↑ +2654%
Cigna New Business $5,960.00 ↑ +3190%
Cigna PPO $7,722.00 ↑ +4162%

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